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Answers and more questions about occupancy for Ada's 1887 Passenger Depot 

By Paula Pyzik Scott

In a follow up from the December 19, 2023 meeting of the Ada Council, Village Administrator Jamie Hall has researched the certificate of occupancy for the 1887 Ada Passenger Depot at 9 Central Ave. It shows an occupant load of 25 people.

UPDATED Ada School Board invites community to Superintendent search focus group

February 5 UPDATE: A virtual focus group survey is HERE.

Dear Member of the Ada Exempted Village School Community:

The Ada Board of Education has contracted with the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) to assist in our search for a new superintendent. The board hopes to complete the search in the spring and the new superintendent is expected to begin work in our district this summer.

Park District plans maintenance, applies for funding for improvements

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Park District board for Liberty Township met on Monday, January 29 with a full house at its meeting room at Simon St. and Park Dr. Bob Szuch was elected as board president; the board also includes Neal Dumbaugh and Fred Reichert. Ken Wolke is the park manager and Mary Jane Lee is the clerk.

Ada Exempted Village Schools launch superintendent job search

The Ada Exempted Village School District Board of Education has selected the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) to facilitate its search for a new superintendent. The interim superintendent is Dennis Recker.

Summary of January 20 Ada school board meeting

Roof repairs, electronic controls update and K-12 expansion to be addressed

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The Board of Education of the  Ada Exempted Village Schools held a rare Saturday afternoon meeting on January 20 in coordination with required training for its members. 

The meeting included a presentation by Sara Little of Energy Optimizers USA on the opportunity to utilize Ohio Council of Educational Purchasing Consortia contracts for HVAC and roofing. The school building has an urgent need for work on the flat roofs, which have been leaking in places.

Ada Council prepares ordinance prohibiting cannabis businesses

By Paula Pyzik Scott

At the January 16 meeting of the Ada Council, the first reading of Ordinance 32-2024 was unanimously approved, preparing the Village to “Prohibit Adult Use Cannabis Operators and Medical Marijuana Cultivators, Processors, and Retail Dispensaries within the Village of Ada.”

The ordinance has been proposed for the short term, until—as Mayor David Retterer put it–”the State gets its ducks in a row.” Ohio voters approved Issue 2 in November 2023, legalizing recreational use of marijuana. However, the sale of marijuana has not yet been addressed.

Village legal counsel Jane Napier noted that the ordinance can be modified while going through second and third readings. She stressed that village can’t enact an ordinance retroactively and that more will be known in the coming weeks. She will prepare alternative language for the ordinance by the next council meeting, February 6.

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