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A lot has changed during the last few months when dealing with the 2020 financial outlook for the city of Jamestown.
In January, prior to Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist’s State of the City address, city officials were looking at a potential $1.1 million deficit in 2020. However, with the passage of the federal stimulus package, the city is now looking to finish last year in the black.
On Monday, Ryan Thompson presented the unaudited 2020 year-end financial report to the Jamestown City Council. He said the city finished last year with a $975,643 surplus. He added with the state no longer withholding state aid to municipalities following the approval of the stimulus package, which meant an additional $12.3 billion to the state in direct, unrestricted aid, the city will be made whole.
Apr 14, 2021
A truck apparently delivering supplies partially tipped onto its side wheels Tuesday afternoon in the city of Jamestown. City firefighters were called around 3 p.m. to Park Street, near Newland Avenue, for reports of a truck on half of its wheels and possibly leaking fluids. There were reports of utility lines down as well. Officers with the Jamestown Police Department and crews with the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities also responded. No further information was available Tuesday.
P-J photo by Dennis Phillips
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The Jamestown Board of Education has approved an $89,879,178 budget for 2021-22 with no program cuts and no tax levy increase.
The only major changes to the budget are some programs being reclassified from local funds to a special aid fund that is paid for through CARES Act funding. Those programs include two new school psychologists, an increase in the number of contracted social workers, an increase in substitute teacher rates, music equipment, music travel, athletic equipment, athletic uniforms and technology equipment.
“Looking at our program budget we saw our largest increase,” said Brittnay Spry, district business executive. “It is an overall increase of about $3.3 million. … As we had mentioned earlier, this is the area where most of the funds will be pulled from that the CARES Act is currently encumbered will be moving into that special aid fund.”
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A truck partially tipped while apparently moving material on Park Street in the city of Jamestown.
City firefighters were called Tuesday after 3 p.m. for the truck on half of its wheels. There were reports of the truck leaking fluids, as well as utility lines down.
Officers with the Jamestown Police Department and crews with the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities also responded.
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