In the next few issues of tile Ohio SBO, we will discuss treasurers' employment contracts, including the legal basis for those contracts, the required provisions and some provisions which, while not required, might be useful or desirable. This first part describes the statutory basis for treasurers' employment contracts.
Every board of education is required to have a treasurer.
Without one, it would be very difficult for a board of education to operate. Given how important treasurers are in the statutory scheme which governs boards of education, it is surprising that there are very few sections of the Revised Code, court decisions or Opinions of the Attorney General which deal with treasurer's employment relationship. Revised Code Section 3313.22 is the general sttttule which governs the appointment of a treasurer. Among other things, it provides that a treasurer's contract shall run from organizational meeting to organizational meeting. Since the organizational meeting is held sometime during the first fifteen days of January, this is not a specific date.