By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com

It will be back to the ballot for the Crestline Exempted School District in May as the district’s Board of Education unanimously approved seeking a levy Monday night.

The measure came in a special meeting held after the 2015 organizational meeting when the board reconvened from an executive session to discuss possible levy options. Voters will be asked to approve a .75-percent earned income tax with a 10-year limit.

Also approved during the special meeting was the hiring of Erica Burkart as the elementary library aide for the remainder of the school year.

During the 2015 organizational meeting the board voted to have Bob Salvati return as president of the Board of Education. Also approved was the reappointment of Tom Clutter as board vice president.

Board members approved all items on the Administrative and Financial agendas which includes authorizing the Treasurer Bradd Stevens to pay bills, and appoints Superintendent Noreen Mullins as purchasing agent for the 2015 calendar year, appoint temporary employees, and to apply for state, federal and other grants on behalf of the school district.

The board also approved included establishing a service fund of $10,000 to pay for expenses of the board members. During discussion Stevens explained that last year the Board approved the same amount, and used $5,000 total from the fund during the 2014 fiscal year.

During the meeting Salvati appointed Jeff Wilhite to the Finance Committee, himself to the Buildings and Grounds Committee, Tom Clutter to the Policy Committee, Jim Glauer to the Village Relations Committee, and Robyn Almanson to the Curriculum Committee.

The Board appointed Clutter to serve as a member of the Pioneer Career and Technology Center Board. Wilhite and Almanson were selected as liaisons to the Ohio School Board Association.

The Crestline Board approved to keep their regular meetings at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month in the High School Media Center.

The next Crestline Board of Education meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 15 in the high school Media Center.