BOARDS OF EDUCATION

BOARDS OF EDUCATION
LIBERTY
Heard Kathy Carlile, principal at E.J. Blott Elementary School, report that 57 percent of the district's fourth-grade pupils who took the Ohio Reading Proficiency Test scored high enough to pass it, while 82% overall attained basic reading proficiency levels that allow them to advance to fifth grade. A basic-level score is between 198 and 216 and 217 to 249 qualifies a student as passing.All fourth-graders will retake the exam in March.
Appointed board member Robert A. Lackey as the board's 2002 representative to the Trumbull Career Technical Center board.
Approved a depository contract with Sky Bank to run until Feb. 28, 2006.
Approved 2002 membership in the Ohio School Boards Association.
Approved membership in the Ashtabula/Mahoning/Trumbull County Cooperative Purchasing Program for the 2002-2003 school year.
Accepted the retirement resignation of 10-year custodian Chester R. Allen, effective Jan 25.
Approved a supplemental contract for Rosie Boehlke as drama coach and for Calvin Wells as assistant baseball coach.
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES
JACKSON
Trustees announced they will attend a meeting of Mahoning County commissioners in January to get more information on the commissioners' new Special ProjectTeam recently formed to help townships get more grant money.
Announced they will look into the possibility of building a veterans memorial, possibly at the cemetery. Trustees hope to present more information about the project at their January meeting.
Trustee Steve Gondol said the township sold a firetruck and a dump truck at auction, netting $1,000 for the firetruck and $2,200 for the dump truck. The township had to replace tires and rims on a smaller dump truck, which cost $1,756.
Approved a resolution to buy pagers and two lapel microphones for the fire department at a cost of $2,567.
Approved spending $1,600 for a new copy machine for the fire department.
Scheduled their reorganizational meeting for Dec. 27 at 5 p.m.
COUNCILS
HANOVERTON
Village council has unanimously agreed to revise consent orders from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency dealing with abatement of sewage. The OEPA determined that the village is being polluted by failing septic systems and gave the village a year to come up with a solution to the unsanitary conditions, including alternatives for sewage treatment, collection and treatment facilities and funding sources for costs involved. Mayor Dan Kibler assured those present at council's meeting Monday that more public hearings would be conducted as plans progress.
Approved purchase of a new cabinet and controller for traffic lights at a cost of $4,089. The equipment, to be purchased from Path Masters of Twinsburg, will take about six weeks to arrive. The cost does not include installation by an electrician.
Agreed to buy a data module card, which will serve as a back-up in the computer unit. Approximate cost of the card is $200.
Thanked outgoing Councilman James Myers for his years of service. Myers served 20 years as a councilman and six years as mayor. He chose not to run for re-election.