INDIAN HILL EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT MINUTES
Special Meeting of December 22, 2020

A special meeting of the Indian Hill Exempted Village School District was held on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., via Zoom conference call in accordance with notices sent to each member. The meeting was live-streamed. Mrs. Aichholz, President, called the meeting to order at 2:01 p.m. and roll call showed the following members as present:

Mrs. Aichholz Mrs. Lewis

Dr. Hooker	Mrs. Johnston Mrs. Singh

Also present were Kirk Koennecke, Melissa Stewart, Mick Davis, and Jim Nichols.

ADOPTION OF SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA (122013) – Mrs. Johnston moved, seconded by Mrs. Singh, to adopt the agenda of the special business meeting of the Indian Hill Board of Education. All members present voted aye. Motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION (122014) – Mrs. Johnston moved, seconded by Mrs. Singh, to move into Executive Session at 2:03 p.m. In accordance with O.R.C. 121.22(G) (4) - Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment;

Roll call vote was as follows:

Mrs. Aichholz, aye Mrs. Lewis, aye

Dr. Hooker, aye	Mrs. Johnston, aye Mrs. Singh, aye

Also present in Executive Session were Mr. Koennecke, Mr. Nichols, Dr. Stewart, and Mr. Davis.

The Board moved from Executive Session at 2:12 p.m. with all members present. Mike Murdock, Amy Benetti, Mike Schuster, Brad Motz, Bill Baker, and Amy Campa joined the meeting.

BOND/LEVY DIALOGUE
The Board of Education held a work session to discuss the bond/levy initiative.

RESOLUTION DECLARING NECESSITY OF BOND ISSUE AND LEVY OF A TAX IN EXCESS OF THE TEN-MILL LIMITATION, AND TO SUBMIT THE QUESTION OF THE SAME TO THE ELECTORS, AND REQUESTING STATE CONSENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (122015) – Dr. Hooker moved, seconded by Mrs. Singh, to adopt the following resolution;

(Ohio Revised Code §5705.218; §133.06)

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is necessary to finance the construction and acquisition of certain improvements to the School District’s facilities; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary for the School District to levy additional taxes in excess of the ten-mill limitation to pay current operating expenses; and

WHEREAS, a resolution declaring the necessity of levying an additional tax outside the ten-mill limitation must be passed and certified to the County Auditor of Hamilton County, Ohio (the “County Auditor”) in order to permit the Board to consider the levy of such a tax, and must request that the County Auditor certify to the Board the total current tax valuation of the School District and the dollar amount of revenue that would be generated by the tax;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of the Indian Hill Exempted Village School District, Hamilton County, Ohio, two-thirds of all of the members thereof concurring, that:

Section 1.	It is necessary for the purpose of constructing, adding to, renovating, remodeling, furnishing, equipping and otherwise improving school district buildings and facilities, and acquiring, clearing, equipping and otherwise improving school district building and facility sites, to issue and sell bonds of the School District in the amount of $77,000,000 (the “Bonds”). It is further necessary that there shall be annually levied on all the taxable property in the entire territory of the School District a direct tax outside of the ten-mill limitation to pay the debt charges on the Bonds and any securities that the Board may determine to issue