The North Mercer Board of Education has set the district’s property tax levy at nearly $3.97 on the one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, which is nearly sixteen cents lower than last year. The assessed valuation in the North Mercer district is up by more than $2,000,000 compared to last year, with this year’s assessed […]
The Jamesport Tri-County Board of Education has offered a part-time teaching contract to Connie Critten to return to the district, she’s to teach middle school English. Ms. Critten was a full-time instructor last school year at Tri-County before retiring and a fifth-grade teacher for several years. The board offered daycare staff positions to Amber Mayberry […]
The Princeton Board of Education has approved a property tax levy of nearly five dollars eleven cents on the 100 dollars of assessed valuation. That’s nearly 20 cents lower than last year, nearly 30 cents lower than two years ago, and nearly 50 cents lower than three years ago. This year’s property tax levy in […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen has authorized the city to enter into a contract with David E. Ross construction company for water plant construction, pending additional funding being secured. The board agreed to proceed with a lease- purchase arrangement through DA Davidson for about $400,000 to pay a portion of the costs for the water […]
The Spickard Board of Education has approved several bids with Ferrell Gas to provide propane at nearly eighty-seven cents per gallon. MFA will supply diesel fuel and gasoline at two cents below the pump price with Anderson-Erickson to provide dairy products. Clevenger and Associates were approved to perform district audits during a three-year period. The […]
Personnel, bids, and reports were topics for last evenings’ meeting of the North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees. Upon a recommendation from athletic director Steve Richman, Trustees voted to transfer Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Jeremy Esry to Head Coach. Esry receives a $32,000 salary plus $4,900 head coaching stipend. Esry will continue his duties as […]
Among information from last evenings’ meeting of the Laredo R-7 Board of Education, the board accepted the resignation of Brooke Chapman as the first and second-grade teacher effectively immediately. The first reading was held on policy updates recommended by the Missouri school boards association. The final transportation report from the past school year was approved. […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education has voted to employ Denise Ewing of Brookfield as the school’s Speech Pathologist. The board approved Prairie Farms to supply milk and People’s Coop to provide diesel fuel for the upcoming school year. The People’s Coop bid was four cents below the pump price. It was the largest […]
The Parent Teacher Organization at Princeton has donated $25, 000 to the Princeton School District to help with playground equipment. The money will be used to add supplemental equipment and complete the scheduled project. The board gave an update on playground upgrades during a meeting this week. Drainage work is to begin this month, the concrete […]
Jena Eads, OB Nurse Manager for Wright Memorial Hospital, has been nominated as a new member of the North Central Missouri College Foundation Board of Directors. Jena is a 2007 graduate of NCMC with an Associate’s Degree in Nursing. Jena has been employed at Wright Memorial for the past 11 years. She has been nominated […]
The Gallatin Board of Aldermen has requested City Administrator Tony Stonecypher to work with engineers to reduce costs for the new water plant. Aldermen also ask sales tax revenue in savings be used to match the lowest bid. And, aldermen want to move forward with the lime softening plant on Rocky Road. That came after […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education has approved a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, in which anticipated spending is estimated to surpass revenue by nearly 38-hundred dollars. Anticipated spending was budgeted at about one million four hundred sixty-two thousand dollars. The budget for the current fiscal year ending this Thursday […]
Seth Cox, Grundy County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy, has been nominated as a new member of the NCMC Foundation Board of Directors. Cox is a 2003 graduate of the Trenton High School and a 2007 graduate of the Missouri Western State University Law Enforcement Academy. He has served in Law Enforcement for over ten years. […]
The Grundy County Commission will open Board of Equalization meetings on Monday, July 18th. Persons who wish to meet with the five-member board to discuss assessment letters have two things to do first. Visit with the Grundy County Assessors’ office on the first floor of the Courthouse to discuss the assessed valuation issue. The phone […]
The Pleasant View R-6 Board of Education has approved the purchase of five new computers and two new smartboard projectors. Lunch prices for next school year were increased by a nickel. The charges will be $2.25 for students and $260 cents for adults. Breakfast remains at $1.40. Among reports, there were 17 students who attended […]
The Grundy R-5 Board of Education has accepted the resignation of Kimbra Mullenix as the Kindergarten through 12th grade Guidance Counselor, Special Education Director, and Parents as Teachers educator. The board employed current 7th through 12th grade Special Education instructor Melody Prescott to also be Special Education Director and the Parents as Teachers educator. Shawna […]
The North Mercer Board of Education has adopted a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1st in which expenditures are anticipated to exceed revenue by nearly 69-thousand dollars. Spending is estimated at nearly two point six million dollars. The amended the current budget to show an 82-thousand dollar deficit for the fiscal year ending […]
The Laredo Board of Education has accepted a bid from MFA to provide diesel fuel for two cents a gallon off the pump price. The board approved a bid from MFA for propane at 92.9 cents a gallon for the upcoming school year. The board also approved a bid from Prairie Farms to provide milk. […]
The Princeton Board of Education has approved a bid from Miracle Recreation Equipment Company for playground equipment. The bid was slightly over 67-thousand dollars for large structures and a supplemental package of equipment for nearly 15-thousand dollars. The Miracle Company hopes to have the installation completed before school starts. It was the only bidder, although […]
A deficit budget has been presented to the Trenton R-9 Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1st. The school district has a significant amount of reserve funds but the amount as of the June 30th end of the fiscal year won’t be known until later. Information was presented last evening by R-9 Superintendent […]
