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Blanchester Board elects Jeremy Kaehler president, Mike Williams vice president and adopts 2025 business procedures
Summary
At its Jan. 7 reorganizational meeting the Blanchester Board of Education elected Jeremy Kaehler president and Mike Williams vice president and approved a resolution delegating routine financial and operational authorities for 2025, including procurement and records-custodian duties.
The Blanchester Board of Education voted unanimously on Jan. 7, 2025, to elect board member Jeremy Kaehler as board president and board member Mike Williams as vice president and to adopt a comprehensive resolution establishing the district's business procedures and standing authorizations for 2025.
Board member John Panetta moved to close nominations; Kathy Gephart seconded. All five board members present—John Panetta, Jeremy Kaehler, Mike Williams, Kathy Gephart and Chris Baker—voted to approve the nominees. Treasurer Alleyn Unversaw administered the oath of office to Kaehler and Williams.
The approved Resolution 1-2025 delegates a set of routine administrative and financial powers intended to streamline operations. Among the provisions the board authorized the treasurer to pay bills within appropriation limits, sign checks, invest inactive and interim funds and designate inactive/interim funds at $5,000,000. The resolution also permits the treasurer to adjust appropriations as needed and requires those adjustments be submitted to the board for ratification at the next meeting.
The board approved specific petty and change funds and custodians: an Athletic Change Fund at $2,151 (custodian Brad Ballinger), a High School Change Fund at $150 (Melissa Wallace) and a Board Office Change Fund at $300 (Heather Mandelstein). The board also established a $5,000 service fund as part of the general fund, citing Ohio Revised Code section 3315.15.
Administrative delegations include naming the treasurer as the district records custodian and authorizing attendance at public-records training, and designating the superintendent as the district purchasing agent with authority to approve purchases up to $25,000 without further board action. The resolution includes a contingency for catastrophic events that temporarily lifts the $25,000 limit to restore district operations, and authorizes the superintendent to accept resignations or make offers of employment when the board is not in session, with all such actions subject to later board ratification.
Mike Williams moved to adopt the business procedures; John Panetta seconded. The motion carried on a unanimous vote of the five members present.
The board scheduled regular meetings for 2025 and completed other reorganizational business before moving to consent items later in the agenda. The meeting adjourned at 7:38 p.m.
