Administration
Village Administrator
The Village Administrator oversees the daily operation of the Village. The Village Administrator's Office implements the vision set forth by the Mayor and Council by supervising village departments, assists in writing the village’s annual budget, and managing the village’s capital projects.
Lukas Darling, MPA
Lukas Darling is the seventh Administrator for the Village of Roaming Shores and joined the team in June 2023. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from Youngstown State University, and a Master of Public Administration from Arkansas State University. In 2023, he received a Certificate in Grief Counseling from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to serving in Roaming Shores, he served as the Town Administrator for Otterbein, Indiana (pop. 1,140).
Village Solicitor
The Solicitor is the chief legal officer of the Village appointed under ORC §733.48. The Solicitor is appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Council to a two-year appointment. The Solicitor is also responsible for the prosecution and defense of the various court or administrative proceedings to which the village may be a party.
Kyle B. Smith, Esq.
Kyle B. Smith, Esq.
Kyle Smith is the second Solicitor to serve in the Village. Solicitor Smith grew up in Southern California raising steers in 4-H and working on his parent’s 3-acre orange orchard. He graduated from the University of California, Davis, in 1976 with a B.A. in American History, and law school at Willamette University in Salem Oregon in 1980. He was on the Willamette Law Review and published an article in 1979 on Native American law.
He passed the Ohio Bar in 1980 and began a two-year teaching career at the University of Toledo Law School in Toledo, Ohio. In 1982 he began working for Ashtabula County Legal Aid and the Public Defender’s Office and was appointed the Assistant Prosecutor for the City of Ashtabula in 1984. Later in 1984 he became the Law Director of Conneaut, Ohio and served in that capacity until June 1995.
He has been in private practice since 1991 in Jefferson, Ohio. He has served on the boards of Homesafe, United Way, Ashtabula County Legal Aid, Leadership, the Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula Arts Foundation, Community Counseling, and the Conneaut Area City Board of Education.