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Votes at a glance: Olentangy board unanimous on consent items, superintendent contract and design amendment

5354454 · July 10, 2025

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Summary

At its July 9 meeting the Olentangy board approved routine consent items, personnel recommendations, cyber insurance, auction/disposal authorization, a design amendment with Fanning Howie, and the superintendent retire‑rehire arrangement; most votes were unanimous by roll call.

The Olentangy Local School District Board of Education held multiple recorded votes at its July 9 meeting. The board approved agenda and several consent packages, accepted a superintendent resignation for retirement and immediately reemployed him on a five‑year contract, and approved a design-only amendment with Fanning Howie & Associates for plans for a potential fifth high school.

Summary of recorded actions and roll-call tallies (as read into the public record):

- Approval of the meeting agenda (motion and second recorded). Roll call: Mister Lester (yes), Doctor Dabrico (yes), Doctor Wallach (yes), Mister O'Brien (yes), Miss Schreiber (yes). Outcome: approved.

- Treasurer consent items (single slate): approval of June 26 minutes, FY2025 updated final appropriations and the June 2025 monthly financials. Roll call: Mister O'Brien (yes), Miss Schreiber (yes), Mister Lester (yes), Doctor Dabrico (yes), Doctor Wallach (yes). Outcome: approved.

- Superintendent consent items (single slate): multiple human‑resources recommendations (administrative hires and other personnel actions), stipends for science‑of‑reading training (state‑reimbursed), approval of district cyber insurance through the Ohio School Plan (noted as approximately $35,000 with an estimated savings of about $11,000), authorization for the chief operations officer or director of business management and facilities to auction or dispose of district items (threshold discussed in the record with inconsistent phrasing; see clarifying details), and approval of the third amendment with Fanning Howie & Associates for the High School 5 design. Roll call for the consent slate: Miss Schreiber (yes), Mister Lester (yes), Doctor Dabrico (yes), Doctor Wallach (yes), Mister O'Brien (yes). Outcome: approved.

- Accept the resignation of Superintendent Meyer for the purpose of retirement effective July 31, 2025. Roll call: Doctor Dabrico (yes), Doctor Wallach (yes), Mister O'Brien (yes), Miss Schreiber (yes), Mister Lester (yes). Outcome: approved.

- Reemploy Superintendent Meyer on a five‑year contract beginning Aug. 2, 2025 through July 31, 2030. Roll call: Doctor Wallach (yes), Mister O’Brien (yes), Miss Schreiber (yes), Mister Lester (yes), Doctor Dabrico (yes). Outcome: approved.

- Motion to convene into executive session under Ohio Rev. Code §121.22(g)(1) to discuss employment or compensation of a public employee; board entered executive session and later returned to adjourn. Outcome: approved.

All recorded public votes that were read into the record at that meeting were unanimous.

Items approved as part of consent calendars included multiple administrative hires (full list in the superintendent consent exhibit), district cyber insurance through the Ohio School Plan, and the design amendment with Fanning Howie & Associates.