The Hardin County Ohio November 2, 2021 General Election ballot for the Village of Ada includes a proposed Ada School District Income Tax renewal. The ballot question asks:
Shall an annual income tax of 3/4% on the school district income of individuals and of estates be imposed by the Ada Exempted Village School District to renew an income tax expiring at the end of 2022, for 5 years, beginning January 1, 2023, for the purpose of current operating expenses of the school district.
Voters are asked to vote for or against the tax, which was established in 1992 and renewed in
UPDATED NOVEMBER 12, 2021: Approved minutes are now attached at the bottom of this story.
The Ada Board of Education met for approximately 30 minutes on Thursday, October 21. The meeting was held in a room in the District Office/Gymnasium building.
The board unanimously approved the minutes of a Regular Meeting held on September 15, 2021, a Special Meeting held on September 28, 2021, and a Special Meeting held on October 5, 2021.
At the October 13 Ada school board candidate forum for the November 2 General Election, four of six candidates provided materials about their candidacy: Adam Baumgartner, Denise D'Arca, Margaret (Peg) Gordon and Ted Griffith.
Ada Exempted Village School superintendent Larry Claypool provided the following information to the Icon regarding the current makeup of the Ada Board of Education and the seats to be filled by the November 2 election.
Board member Ernest Daugherty submitted his resignation and it was approved at the July 29 special Board of Education meeting. Tom Dearth was appointed at the August 18 regular Board of Education meeting to finish this term, which ends December 31, 2021. This seat will be filled by the November 2 election.
The Ada Rotary Club hosted a 2021 Board of Education candidate forum in the Dicke Forum on the campus of Ohio Northern University. About 75 people attended in person and about 62 watched or listened online via Facebook. The video recording can be viewed at https://fb.watch/8E64W4lL6i/.
All active candidates for the two available seats on the board attended:
