by Pamela Willis


A tie vote put Reynoldsburg Board of Education President Joe Begeny on the spot last week.

Begeny cast the deciding vote Aug. 16 to break a 2-2 tie and switch meeting sites from various schools back to the Reynoldsburg Municipal Building, 7232 E. Main St., starting Sept. 20.

"This is a tough decision for me," he said.

"I love us being invited to have meetings at the individual schools, but this is a lot of money to spend. I'd like to revisit this at another time."

He was referring to a report from district Business Manager Todd Stahr, who presented a sheet calculating the cost of holding meetings at individual schools.

Stahr came up with an average cost of about $733 per meeting, for extra custodial and technician hours for such things as setting up and putting away chairs and tweaking sound systems.

The total cost for last year's meetings was $3,666, according to Stahr's calculations.

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