14 seek seat on Boardman school board

The board also voted to put a tax levy on the November ballot.
BOARDMAN -- Fourteen candidates have applied for the board of education seat being vacated July 31 by Atty. Mark Huberman.
The board must select his replacement between 10 and 30 days after his departure, said Kimberly S. Poma, board president. Whoever is appointed to the seat will serve until the end of 2005. In November 2005, there will be an election for the remainder of his term, which expires at the end of 2007.
The board scheduled 15-minute interviews in executive session with nine of the candidates during a special meeting Tuesday evening, with the remainder to be interviewed at a later date.
"We have a lot of people that seem to be passionate about our schools," Poma said. "It's going to be a tough decision," she said, adding that the board must choose from among a "very diverse" high-quality pool of applicants. Some of the applicants have children in the school system; others do not, she added.
Reason for resignation
Atty. Huberman, the longest serving board member, is resigning after 20 years on the school board because a state panel said it's improper for him to serve both as a magistrate and as a school board member. Atty. Huberman is chief magistrate in Mahoning County Domestic Relations Court.
The opinion concerning Atty. Huberman was issued by the Supreme Court of Ohio Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, which said magistrates, like judges, may not hold other offices.
The 14 candidates are: Carmen J. Amadio Jr.; Niklaus E. Amstutz; Kenneth J. Beraduce; Jeffrey T. Coldren, Ph.D.; Atty. Robyn R. Gallitto; William Kibbel, CPA; Ajit Kumar, Ph.D.; Mark Lancet; Lawrence J. Moliterno; Carol A. Norman; Richard S. Scarsella; David M. Schaab; Shannon M. Stamp; and Cheryl Tarantino.
In other action Tuesday, the board approved a resolution of necessity to place a three-year emergency operating levy on the ballot for renewal Nov. 2. The levy, first passed in 1984 as a 3.9-mill issue, generates $1,411,797 annually for the district's general fund. The county auditor will determine what millage is needed today to generate that figure, and the board will then consider a second resolution to place the issue on the ballot.
The board's next regular meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Boardman Center Middle School auditorium.