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Tipp City school board approves demolition grant, equipment purchase and superintendent contract; treasurer contract tabled
Summary
At its meeting the Tipp City Exempted Village School Board approved a state-funded demolition grant (DEV2023204925), purchased column lifts for the new bus garage for $55,735, appointed a library trustee and approved Superintendent Aaron Moran's contract; the treasurer's contract was tabled to a special meeting on 11/25/2025.
The Tipp City Exempted Village School Board approved a slate of routine and project-related actions at a meeting called to order at 6:36 p.m.
On votes recorded by roll call, the board approved a grant agreement with the Miami County Land Reutilization Corporation under the Ohio Department of Development Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program (listed in the packet as DEV2023204925). The motion to approve the grant was moved by Dillard, seconded by McMurray, and passed with affirmative roll-call votes recorded from McMurray, Dillard, Drum and Thompson.
The board also approved a purchase of column lifts for the new Tipp City Schools bus garage from Anglin Equipment (Kentucky) for $55,735. The purchase will be funded from the district's Permanent Improvement (PI) fund (fund 003). The motion, moved by Thompson and seconded by Dillard, passed on a roll-call vote.
The board appointed a library trustee listed in the meeting packet as Carrie R. Blaster to the Tipp City Public Library Board of Trustees for a term beginning Jan. 1, 2026 and ending Dec. 31, 2030. The transcript contains inconsistent spellings for the appointee (see clarifying details). The appointment passed on a roll-call vote.
On personnel contracts, the board approved the superintendent Aaron Moran's contract after brief discussion noting prior private conversations about goals. The vote was recorded as affirmative by Thompson, Dillard, Drum and McMurray and the motion passed.
The board considered the treasurer David Stevens' contract but voted to table final approval. The motion to table moves the treasurer contract to a special meeting scheduled for Nov. 25, 2025. That tabling motion passed by roll call.
The district also approved fiscal-year-2026 appropriation amendments that increase non-general-fund appropriations (including a planned portable bus-lift purchase and construction project allocations), and it approved the district's 2025–26 gifted plan. A routine consent agenda containing resignations, supplemental assignments, substitutes, salary schedules and the Miami County Foundation grant for the LT Ball music program was approved by the board.
No formal opposition was recorded in the roll-call votes documented in the transcript; votes are recorded in board minutes as Yes from McMurray, Dillard, Drum and Thompson on the items listed above.
