Bedford City Board approves consent agenda, personnel changes and budget items; schedules special meetings

The Bedford City Board of Education on June 26 approved a multi-item consent agenda and a series of routine administrative and financial actions, including personnel changes, contracts and budget approvals.

Superintendent Evans recommended acceptance of resignations including Claire Gowling and Dr. Jatina Threet and proposed hiring Mike Zalitol as supervisor of instructional technology; the board approved those personnel actions by voice/roll-call votes that were recorded as 4-0. The board also approved a nonadministrative appointment of Christina Spiezel Browning as registration and enrollment specialist as part of a restructuring of the board office.

The board voted unanimously to adopt the district's Ohio Calamity Day plan required by House Bill 33, which outlines how the district will make up days lost to power or weather-related closures. Trustees also approved an amended 2026–27 school calendar and a set of service contracts, including a Title I summer-school contract with PSI, a renewed food-service agreement with AVI Food Systems (and a vending-machine placement at Glendale compliant with healthy snack requirements), and an agreement with Kent State University to allow student nurses to assist with vision and hearing screenings.

Treasurer's items approved as a group included gifts and donations (a $900 in-kind donation of toys, books and games for preschool and a donation of 600 water bottles from Planet Fitness valued at $1,000), an advance of general funds to avoid negative federal fund balances, final appropriations for the fiscal year, the starting budget for the next fiscal year and an updated five-year forecast.

The board also approved an overnight field trip to a Kentucky showcase camp for eight students and several coaching staff, and authorized the purchase of up to 110 marching-band uniforms (total cited at $49,000). When a board member asked whether any general-fund dollars would be used for the uniform purchase, the treasurer said the $49,000 would come entirely from the 300 athletic fund and Bebop contributions, and not from the general fund.

Motions throughout the evening were typically introduced as "Motion made by Callender, seconded by Boynton," with recorded roll-call results of 4-0 on the listed items. The board approved an agreement with Charles Key and Consulting LLC and approved administrative leadership development books and specialist contractual materials.

Before adjourning, the board voted to enter an executive session to consider personnel and legal matters; chairpersons announced that no votes would be taken after the executive session. The board scheduled a special meeting for Monday, July 6 at 6 p.m. and confirmed the next regular meeting for Friday, July 10 at 6 p.m.