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Tallmadge administrators outline cost reductions, early‑retirement results and possible November levy
Summary
Superintendent/administration updated the board on cost‑reduction efforts, an early‑retirement incentive (deadline this week) and plans for a special meeting to review the five‑year forecast; officials said the district is leaning toward placing a levy on the November ballot pending forecast results.
District administrators briefed the board on May 21 about steps to reduce costs and next steps to determine possible fall levy placement.
An administrator explained that several staff have taken an early‑retirement incentive designed to lower personnel costs, and the program’s deadline is this Friday; final results from that incentive will be presented at a special board meeting when the district also reviews a five‑year forecast. "The deadline for that is this Friday, and we'll be able to give you an update on some staffing and the five year forecast," an administrator said.
The administration said summer facilities work will be modest — classroom modifications at Tallmadge Elementary and baseball field completion among routine projects — and said the early‑retirement results and forecast will help determine what millage would be necessary if the board chooses to seek a levy in November. "We're starting to look at whether or not the Board intends to put a levy onto the ballot in November," an administrator told trustees, who signaled they were strongly leaning in that direction.
Board members agreed to schedule a public special meeting (Saturday at 07:30/08:00 a.m. at the MEC) to receive the five‑year forecast and final retirement‑incentive results so the board can make decisions in a compressed timeline ahead of the fall ballot.
