Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Bob Simmons, Ada council president, outlined his 2021 goals for the village in a report presented at the Jan. 5 council session. Click here to view the Jan. 19 council agenda, which includes his report.
Melody Veltri, high school teacher, to retire at the end of the school year
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 18, 2021
Matt Gossman was re-elected Ada school board president for 2021 at the board’s reorganization meeting held on Jan. 14. The meeting includes several board appointments for the coming. The following report is from unofficial minutes from the meeting.
• Amy Mullins, named vice president
• Ronald Fleming and Troy Erickson, policy committee
• Troy Erickson, legislative liaison to Ohio School Boards Assn.
• Amy Mullins, student achievement liaison to Ohio School Boards Assn.
• Ronald Fleming, local tax abatement committee
• Ernest Daughtery, scholarship committee
• Troy Erickson and Amy Mullins, audit committee
Ashley Sumner rehired as this year's swimming pool manager
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Bob Simmons was re-elected as Ada council president during the council reorganization meeting earlier this month.
Council committee chairs were also designated for 2021 at the meeting and those persons follow:
• Finance, Noah Ristau
• Streets, Sheila Coressel
• Building and grounds, Terry Keiser
• Safety, Jeff Oestreich
• Personnel, Bob Simmons
• Utilities, Lind Mason
• Economic development, Bob Simmons, Terry Keiser
The board will also hold its regular January meeting at that time
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 7, 2021
The Ada school board will hold its 2021 reorganization and regular January meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14.
The meeting takes place in the concession area outside the high school gymnasium. During 2020 Matt Gossman served as board president and Amy Mullins as vice-president.
Members of the board are:
Matt Gossman
Amy Mullins
Ronald Fleming
Ernest Daughtery
Troy Erickson
The most recent action of the board included discussions with the Liberty Township Park District concerning renewal of the school contract with the board.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 31, 2020
Ada council closed 2020 with a special meeting on Dec. 30 for the purpose of transferring funds received from the federal CARES Act to nine specific village funds.
Those transfers are shows in the attachment at the bottom of this story. The village received $341,746 in CARES Funds.
Dan Lee: "55 students are online and 30 students will return in person for the second semester"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 18, 2020
Ada school board offered a supplemental contract to Tobin P. Smith to coach football during the 2021-22 school year. The board approved the issuance of the contract during the December board meeting held Thursday.
Smith of Urbana, is a secondary health and physical education teacher at Lima Senior and is a graduate of Wittenberg.
The varsity football coaching position became available at the resignation of Shawn Christopher this fall.
During the 2020 season Smith was associate head coach defensive coordinator at Lima Senior. From 2013 to 2019 he was head coach at Bellefontaine where his teams compiled a 46-27 record.