Four Candidates Running For Two Seats on Jamestown School Board
Four candidates will be on the ballot for the
Jamestown Board of Education election on May 18th. There are two open seats, each for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2021. The candidates are
Frank Galeazzo,
Dan Johnson is not running for re-election.
The Jamestown High School P-T-S-A will hold a “Meet The Candidates Night” at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 13th in the Board of Education Room in the JPS Administration Building. It’ll be livestreamed at jpsny.org/election.
Community members who would like to attend the forum in person need to reserve a space by calling 483-4420 by noon on May 13th. Questions for the candidates can also be emailed to jaunita.m.walter@jpsny.org no later than May 12th.
May 4, 2021
GALWAY The Galway Central School District Board of Education, at its March 29, meeting, passed a resolution to put forth a Capital Improvement Project for voter consideration. The proposed CIP will address items in the most recent Building Condition Survey that the New York state Education Department requires districts to complete every five years. District architects, CSArch, categorized all of the recommendations in the BCS as an immediate need and called for them to be addressed in year one.
“Although we recently completed a capital improvement project that touched nearly every corner of the school, there are items that are urgently needed at the Bus Garage,” said Superintendent Brita Donovan.
MARSHALL, Texas - The Marshall City Council has approved a water/wastewater rate increase plan for the next five years after a presentation on a study conducted by New Gen Strategies and Solutions.
The rate increase is the cityâs first since 2018, and was necessary to continue funding the program, according to the study.
Final approval for rate increases saw a jump of 13.98% in July 2021, then a raise by about 3% in January 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Along with the rate increase, councilmembers also approved Thursday night an increase in the water rate base charge for services.
On June 1, residents with a ¾ inch or less pipe size can expect to see an increase in their base rate by about $1, with 1 inch customers seeing about a $2, with the price growing along with the pipe size.
The Itasca County Board of Commissioners approved settlements of 2021 salary appeals with both Sheriff Victor Williams and Auditor/Treasurer Jeff Walker last week.Â
During their regular meeting on April 13, commissioners approved an agreement reached by the county and Williams, resolving the 2021 salary appeal. Williams filed an appeal of his 2021 salary in December 2020. The agreement sets the 2021 salary for Sheriff Williams in the amount of $127,633.48. The sheriff salary was set at $123,916 in 2020 when he received a 3.8% step increase.
Auditor/Treasurer Jeffrey Walker also filed an appeal of his 2021 salary in December 2020. The county and Walker reached an agreement resolving the salary appeal. The resolution sets the 2021 salary for Walker in the amount of $131,147.65. The auditor/treasurer salary was set at $127,327.82 in 2020 when the county agreed to a 2.75% increase in cost of living adjustment (COLA) which was in line with the 2.75%Â COLA increase given to oth