PUBLIC MEETINGS
Garden City Telegram
With the COVID-19 pandemic, some meetings might be limited on access. Check with the group holding the meeting to see if it will be shown on their websites or on social media.
MONDAY, JUNE 7
GARDEN CITY USD 457 Board of Education: 6 p.m. in the board meeting room of the Educational Support Center, 1205 Fleming St.
SYRACUSE Syracuse City Council: 5 p.m. (MT) in the council meeting room at Syracuse City Hall, 109 N. Main St.
DIGHTON Dighton City Council: 5:30 p.m. in the council meeting room at Dighton City Hall, 147 E. Long St.
GARDEN CITY Golf Advisory Board: 7 p.m. at the Buffalo Dunes Clubhouse, 5685 S. U.S. Highway 83.
No Aug. 3 primary election for Finney County
June 1 was the candidate filing deadline for the 2021 municipal elections.
Dori Munyan, Finney County Clerk, said the county will not have an Aug. 3 primary, but will have a Nov. 2 general election. There s a rule for municipal elections that there will not be a primary unless there are more than three times the number of positions available for a particular race, she said. We didn t meet that threshold, so we will not have an August primary, so all of these offices will be elected in November, that would be Nov. 2.
While there will not be a primary on Aug. 3 there will be a special election that day for a special question asking to extend the county-wide 1/4 cent sales tax. It is not a sales tax increase.
GCCC BOT approves stadium lighting, auditorium seating upgrades
By The Telegram staff
Multiple contracts addressing campus enhancements and deferred maintenance projects were approved at the Garden City Community College Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday.
One contract approves the replacement of all eight light poles at William Stadium with 80 feet steel poles with attached LED fixtures.
GCCC will see energy savings due to the switch to LED fixtures will help reduce light pollution in the surrounding neighborhood.
A contract to update the seating in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Auditorium was also approved. Irwin Seating Company marquee chairs, which are built for comfort and heavy commercial use, will replace the current 300 auditorium chairs. The paint, floor and lighting in the auditorium will also be updated.
Garden City Telegram
A debt restructure and financing agreement was approved by the Garden City Community College Board of Trustees at its regular meeting Tuesday.
At the board s Feb. 9 meeting, the trustees asked for more information on Certificate of Participation financing options. At Tuesday s meeting, they heard a presentation discussing the options for debt restructuring and financing agreements.
Ryan Ruda, GCCC president, said the reason this was brought forward was because with current low-interest rates, they felt this could help move the needle forward on deferred maintenance items that have been on the Facilities Plan since 2012 but not addressed. We hope to get those properties and projects in proper alignment on campus, not only for the students, but also for the community,” he said. “The taxpayers have made an investment in GCCC and this action addresses and protects the taxpayer’s current investments in infrastructure. The sustainability of existing inf
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