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10/07/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
(LE MARS)--A DECLINE IN LE MARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT COULD BE COMPOUNDED BY A STATE CHANGE.
THERE ARE 53 FEWER STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CLASSES THIS FALL AT LE MARS COMMUNITY. THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS WILL IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF STATE MONEY THE DISTRICT HAS TO FUND EDUCATION FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. .
SUPERINTENDENT DR. TODD WENDT SAYS THE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT.
"WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS RELATIVELY SOON BECAUSE WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE FY11 BUDGET BY APRIL 15TH," WENDT SAYS. "WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO DO IN BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL 15TH ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE FULLY EXPECTING THIS WEEK TO HEAR AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF SOMEWHERE AROUND FIVE PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD CUT TO THIS YEAR'S FUNDING WHICH MEANS THAT SOME OF THE SURPLUS WE WERE TRYING TO BUILD FOR FUTURE YEARS WHICH WE KNEW WERE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT WILL PROBABLY END UP BEING UTILIZED THIS FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION IN STATE REVENUE THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO SEE."
ACCORDING TO DR. WENDT, PROPERTY TAXES MAKEUP ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE OVERALL BUDGET AND STATE FUNDING AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES--SOME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS INCOME MAKES UP ABOUT TWO-THIRDS. STATE FUNDS THE DISTRICT RECEIVES ARE IMPACTED BY THE LOSS OF ENROLLMENT.
(LE MARS)-CITY STAFF WILL GET COST INFORMATION ON FOUR DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR NEW "WELCOME TO LE MARS" SIGNS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SELECTS ONE OR MORE OF THE DESIGNS.
THREE OF THE DESIGN CONCEPTS WERE SUBMITTED THROUGH PUBLICITY IN THE DAILY SENTINEL NEWSPAPER. THE FOURTH IS A CONCEPT PREPARED BY A SIOUX CITY BILLBOARD COMPANY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
THE SIGNS WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH, WEST AND NORTH BYPASS INTERCHANGES AND HIGHWAY 3 EAST.
THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED RESOLUTIONS TUESDAY ADDING STOP SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF 14TH AVENUE EAST AND PLYMOUTH STREET, MAKING IT A 4-WAY STOP, AND ELIMINATING STOP SIGNS AT 4TH STREET AND 8TH AVENUE S.W. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
(SIOUX CITY)--EXPERIENCE IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR TWO OF THE TOP THREE FINISHERS IN A SIOUX CITY COUNCIL PRIMARY TUESDAY.
ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FROM WOODBURY COUNTY AUDITOR PAT GILL, THE MOST VOTES WENT TO FORMER SIOUX CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS PADGETT. PADGETT HAD 1, 891 VOTES.
JOHN FITCH WAS THE SECOND PLACE FINISHER FOR VOTERS SUPPORT WITH 1,536 VOTES.
INCUMBENT COUNCIL MEMBER JIM RIXNER WAS IN THIRD PLACE WITH 1,341 VOTES.
ALSO ROUNDING OUT THE TOP SIX WHO WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER THIRD BALLOT ARE IAN RAPPOLT WITH 932 VOTES, KEITH RADIG WITH 866 VOTES AND DAVID WANTLAND WITH 718 VOTES.
(LE MARS)-THE LE MARS CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET NEXT TUESDAY TO CONSIDER BIDS ON TWO STREET PROJECTS.
THE CITY HAS APPLIED FOR A GRANT FROM THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PAY FOR HALF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING BLUE DIAMOND DRIVE, A CONNECTOR ROAD FROM HIGHWAY 75 SOUTH TO HOLTON DRIVE. THE D.O.T. IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER THE GRANT APPLICATION NEXT TUESDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT, THE COUNCIL YESTERDAY DEFERRED ACTION ON AWARDING A CONTRACT ON THE PROJECT. A BID OF NEARLY $275,000 FROM STEVE HARRIS CONSTRUCTION WAS THE APPARENT LOW BID FOR THE WORK.
THE HOMER, NEBRASKA COMPANY ALSO HAD THE APPARENT LOW BID FOR A CONCRETE OVERLAY PROJECT ON 3RD AVENUE S.E. ACTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THAT WORK WAS ALSO DELAYED UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY.
BOTH PROJECTS WERE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THIS FALL, HOWEVER THE CONTRACTOR WANTS TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT SPRING. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
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