Key Areas of Responsibility:

Teresa started as a full time employee with the Law Director’s Office on January 2, 1996. Prior to this Teresa worked as a part time employee for the office. Teresa’s responsibilities include preparation of legislation twice a month, payroll, review and process invoices for payment, ordering supplies, annual inventory, preparation of easements, contracts and other legal documents, preparing the annual tax budget and annual office budget, attends monthly Law Committee Meetings taking the minutes and transcribing them, support staff for the Law Director, Assistant Law Director, and Senior Attorney. Teresa also was assigned in 2007 the duties of all grant billing and record keeping for the Lancaster City Bike Trail currently under construction. To date the City of Lancaster has been awarded grants in the amount of $1,214,441.92 for this project.

Background:

   Education

Teresa is a 1983 graduate of Fairfield Union High School. Teresa has a variety of classes to help perform her duties.

   Experience

Teresa was hired right out of high school by the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office where she worked for five years as a clerk and as a secretary in the detective bureau. Teresa left the sheriff’s office to pursue motherhood on a full time basis. Teresa went back to work in the private sector for Calig & Handelman working there for a year and a half as a legal secretary. Teresa left Calig & Handelman to return to the public sector and joined Fairfield County Job and Family Services as an Income Maintenance Aide 2. Teresa only worked for JFS for one year and three months before Law Director Terre Vandervoort asked Teresa to join her team.

Teresa Sandy

 Office Manager

tsandy@ci.lancaster.oh.us