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News Briefs: School Expects Savings On Renovation
School News: It appears the Dorchester School renovation and expansion will cost less than originally estimated. According to the minutes from the Oct. 29 special meeting of the Dorchester School Board, lower interest rates will bring school district patrons a savings of about $132,000 on interest paid to bond holders who are financing the construction. The 20-year bonds, which will be issued this month, will hold an interest rate of 3.5% to 4.5% -- slightly lower than the 3.9% to 4.75% rates projected last June. The reduction in interest payments will be reflected on future levies, according to the minutes submitted by school board secretary Ron Kahle.
Village Board News: Village board members have approved a 35 cents-per-hour wage hike for city employees. At the October village board meeting, Dorchester Village Board members voted unanimously to enact the pay increase, which will go into effect immediately for four city employees. In other action, the board minutes reiterated that no open burning is allowed in town, and that leaves can be taken to the burn pile north of town. The board also approved a laundry list of city expenses and financial transactions, including the following:- Dorchester Library, Transfer .......................................... $2,277.31
- Park Improvement Fund, Transfer ................................. $2,000.00
- Shop Building Fund, Transfer ........................................ $5,000.00
- Beatrice Concrete for Gravel .......................................... $2,114.15
- JEO for Sewer Study ..................................................... $1,200.00
- Micek & Crouch P.C. for Budget .................................. $3394.00
- Village Emploees for Wages .......................................... $5,701.69
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield for Insurance Coverage ............ $3,701.60
- Business World Products for Supplies ......................... $772.98
- Davidson Ins. Agency for Life Ins. for DVFD ............. $858.00
- Davidson Ins. for Disability Ins. for DVFD ................. $2591.00
School News: It appears the Dorchester School renovation and expansion will cost less than originally estimated. According to the minutes from the Oct. 29 special meeting of the Dorchester School Board, lower interest rates will bring school district patrons a savings of about $132,000 on interest paid to bond holders who are financing the construction. The 20-year bonds, which will be issued this month, will hold an interest rate of 3.5% to 4.5% -- slightly lower than the 3.9% to 4.75% rates projected last June. The reduction in interest payments will be reflected on future levies, according to the minutes submitted by school board secretary Ron Kahle.
Village Board News: Village board members have approved a 35 cents-per-hour wage hike for city employees. At the October village board meeting, Dorchester Village Board members voted unanimously to enact the pay increase, which will go into effect immediately for four city employees. In other action, the board minutes reiterated that no open burning is allowed in town, and that leaves can be taken to the burn pile north of town. The board also approved a laundry list of city expenses and financial transactions, including the following:
I'm for paving the streets. OK, now that that's out of the way, consider this. The city paid about $2500 for gravel. Let's assume they make that purchase every six months. That's around $150,000 since 1979 ... which is when a group of protestors stopped the paving. That cost doesn't include the man hours to grade and fill in pot holes. Somehting to think about.
ReplyDeleteAmen, Bob.
ReplyDeleteHey Bob....I don't know where you live but in my area of town, we don't get new gravel and the pot holes DO NOT get filled in. We have pure washboard and holes. Let's vote on paving!
ReplyDeleteGet off the paving, its never going to happen, with the new school which is needed, its not going to happen, get off the subject, and move on.
ReplyDelete"its never going to happen"
ReplyDeleteThat's what they said about the school project :)
cj, you must be made of money.
ReplyDeletewhy didnt the village board cover some of those costs by raising the rent of the community hall ........... I hear they rent it for only $25 a night ......... thats like a subsidy for illegal aliens since thats who usually is there..........
ReplyDeleteI have talked to various Dorchester residents on the paving issue. All of them said that paving is necessary. Some said that the burden with the cost of the new school would affect their decision in paving the streets. If Dorchester wants to continue to attract new people into town paving is necessary. We need to seiously think about paving the streets.
ReplyDeletepaving is not going to attract the town, people live here because it a good place to raise kids, and the people, and our community, paving is not going to make or break dorchester, the new school is going to be great, we still are getting new kids, and paving isnt going to change anything, is the reason your in dorchester, is because we need pavement, I think not.
ReplyDeleteI know for a fact that the reason a lot of teachers do not live in Dorchester is because there is no paving and the place either looks like a dust bowl or a mud hole. If we want to get teachers to stay at our school and move to town then we need to make the town attractive for them. Otherwise they will continue to live in other towns and drive.
ReplyDeleteFor those people who do not want paving, please do not drive on the pave streets we have now.
you need a clue, our teachers dont live here because the elect not too. do your homework.
ReplyDeleteMeow! Someone got up on the wrong side of the gravel road!
ReplyDeleteIn response to West Side Alum =
ReplyDeletePaving will not encourage teachers to live in Dorchester. Most teachers don't live in town if they teach in a small school because their lives are watched so closely and are judged for what they do or don't do. I've been there - life is much better living out of town.
To those of you that don't think we need paving in Dorchester. Do you have carpet or other forms of flooring in your house? Do you have a paved floor in your garage? That is not needed either is it. I have a child with allergies and asthma and the dirt in the air doesn't help this child at all. Yes I chose to live in Dorchester but I didn't chose for my child to have allergies and asthma. How about all the expense we put into dragging the gravel roads? This drag should be cut up for scrap iron. All that does it make it like powder so we can have more dirt in the air. We have a grader put the blade down and use it you might get better results.
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