Financial forecast: Budget deficits ahead for Marlington Local
LEXINGTON TWP. After hearing sobering financial projections, Marlington Local Board of Education has approved a five-year forecast that shows the district in deficit spending each year.
The projected deficit for the current fiscal year is forecast at $1.08 million. That figure represents how much expenditures are expected to exceed revenue. Expenditures for the current fiscal year are projected at $25.93 million. The current fiscal year ends June 30.
During the Board of Education meeting Thursday night, a financial adviser, Ryan Ghizzoni, told Marlington Local officials they have three options: reduce expenses, increase revenue or a combination of both.
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A CONVICTED fraudster who scammed $160,000 from his employer before selling a man $1200 worth of grog he did not have has narrowly avoided jail.
Ipswich District Court heard on Thursday that despite suffering ill health, David Hall had not been deterred from his offending.
His grog fraud was committed while on a suspended sentence for ripping off his employer.
Judge Bernard Porter QC made it very clear to Hall that a jail could still safely house him despite his many health issues.
David Malcolm Hall, 58, from North Booval, pleaded guilty to breaching a suspended jail sentence by reoffending.
CARROLLTON To reduce the spread of coronavirus in a public residential facility for seniors, Carroll County officials will invest nearly $1 million to neutralize the virus.
It is the hope of Carroll County commissioners that Carroll Golden Age Retreat will be equipped with an air-treatment process called bipolar ionization. Bipolar ionization uses electrically charged atoms or molecules to neutralize particles of coronavirus.
Once the coronavirus particles are neutralized, they would come together to form clusters too heavy to remain airborne in the breathing area.
Officials are seeking a $991,228 Community Development Block Grant from the Ohio Development Services Agency. Source of the grant funds is the federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
LEXINGTON TWP. Michael Shreffler is receiving a new three-year contract to remain superintendent of the Marlington Local School District.
With a unanimous vote Thursday by the Board of Education, Shreffler was approved for a contract that will run from Aug. 3 of this year until July 31, 2024. He has been interim superintendent for the past several months. It will be my pleasure to serve the district and people of the district for the next three years, and maybe more, Shreffler, 53, said. I am very excited to stay at Marlington. We are making progress.
Under the new contract, Shreffler s annual salary will be $145,000. He pointed out this salary will be his total pay. There will be no additional pay as was the case with his predecessor, Joseph Knoll.
CARROLLTON The suspect in last month s gasoline burning death is facing an eight-count indictment from the Carroll County grand jury as prosecutors revealed additional details of the Jan. 23 incident.
Arlen A. Atkinson, 53, is facing one count of aggravated murder and felonious assault, and, two counts each of murder, aggravated arson and kidnapping.
Atkinson, according to investigators and the Carroll County Prosecutor s Office, retrieved a gas can and set fire to his housemate, Scot Hupp, 58. He died a day later while a patient in the burn unit of Akron Children s Hospital.
Both men lived in a three-bedroom brick bungalow at Bellflower and Lilly roads NW in Brown Township. The fire occurred about 5:30 p.m. Jan. 23.