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 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.
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.
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.
Ada council will tonight act the 2021 village appropriations that include general operating funds of $1,933,230.
Village fiscal officer, Patty Navin, said this is about a 10 percent decrease from 2020’s general fund. The decreased is related to the economy as it was affected by covid-19,” she told the Icon.
The appropriations also include $1,018,825 for special revenue funds and $175,000 for capital projects. Debt service totals $238,200 and enterprise funds total $3,247,650. The internal service fund totals $1,040.
The attachments below show line items in each of these accounts.
As 2020 winds down, Ada council has set in motion several actions to prepare for 2021.
In recent council meetings, the village body approved the following affecting 2021 operations:
• Passage of 2021 annual appropriations – third and final reading scheduled for Dec. 15
• Preparing to advertise for bids and contract for supplies, services and equipment – including pebble quicklime, asphalt concrete pavement, gasoline and diesel fuel, lime sludge removal, sewage sludge removal
• Resolution authorizing the fiscal officer to issue payments for utility and payroll expenses
