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Vermilion Local board elects 2025 officers, appoints liaisons and adopts standing resolutions
Summary
At its Jan. 13 organizational meeting, the Vermilion Local School District Board elected Shelley Innes as president and Mark Benson as vice president for 2025, appointed liaisons to the Ohio School Boards Association and approved a package of standing resolutions setting meeting dates, financial authorizations and administrative delegations.
The Vermilion Local School District Board of Education held its organizational meeting Jan. 13 in the Vermilion High School commons and elected its 2025 leadership.
Shelley Innes was nominated and approved as board president for the 2025 calendar year, and Mark Benson was approved as vice president. The board also nominated Chris Sabarmel as president pro tem to conduct the officer election; that motion carried on a 4-0 vote.
The board appointed Chris Habermel as the legislative liaison and Sarah Stepp as the student achievement liaison to the Ohio School Boards Association for 2025; both appointments were approved unanimously. The superintendent, Dr. David Heil, read a proclamation recognizing board members and called the Jan. designation School Board Recognition Month.
As part of the organizational actions, trustees adopted a set of standing resolutions for 2025. Those resolutions establish the regular meeting day and time (the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m., to be held at Vermilion High School, 1250 Sanford Street), designate the district’s official newspaper, direct the treasurer on minutes distribution and waive reading when appropriate, authorize the treasurer to pay invoices and salaries consistent with approved appropriations, allow the superintendent to serve as purchasing agent in routine cases and authorize building principals to sign certain contracts. The board also set a statutory service fund amount ($3,500) for the remainder of fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026 and authorized routine investment and fund-establishment practices.
Board members moved the organizational items as a package; each motion passed on unanimous voice or roll-call votes recorded as 4-0. The board then transitioned to its regular meeting agenda.
