One of the Oregon-Davis School Corporation’s sources of grant funding continues to decline. Superintendent Bill Bennett gave the school board an update last week on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program last week.
Continue readingDeclining enrollment is prompting the West Central School Corporation to dip into its Rainy Day Fund. Superintendent Dan Zylstra says the school board agreed this month to transfer $50,000 from the Rainy Day Fund to the Education Fund.
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The Oregon-Davis School Corporation is tapping into its Rainy Day money to help shore up its Retirement Fund. Superintendent Bill Bennett says the school board agreed last week to transfer $180,000. “In past collective bargaining agreements, we had teacher buyouts or incentives for retiring,” Bennett explains. “And so we moved the money from Rainy Day into the Retirement Fund to cover the cost associated with those buyouts.”
Continue readingA drop in enrollment is forcing the Knox Community School Corporation to cut its 2021 Education Fund budget. Treasurer Kasey Clark recently told the school board that she based it on 1,866 students, but the actual enrollment ended up being 1,714.
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The City of Knox is making sure it has funds available to keep the city operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city council approved a pair of temporary loans between the city’s funds, according to draft minutes from the April 28 meeting.
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The Knox City Council will take steps tonight to prepare for COVID-19’s impact on the city’s finances. Council members will consider temporary loans of $150,000 from the Economic Development Income Tax Fund to the General Fund and $35,000 from the Rainy Day Fund to the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund. Mayor Dennis Estok told the board of works Friday that MVH is expected to take a big hit.
Continue readingThe Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation Board of Finance got a report on the school district’s fiscal indicators Wednesday.
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Eastern Pulaski school officials are expected to give an update on the school corporation’s finances tonight. Fiscal indicators like enrollment and fund balances will be discussed with the board of finance.
Continue readingThe Eastern Pulaski School Board has given a major boost to the corporation’s Rainy Day Fund. On Monday, board members transferred a total of $2 million out of the school corporation’s Operations account.
Continue readingThe Oregon-Davis School Corporation is building up its Rainy Day Fund. The school board passed a resolution Monday to transfer $300,000 in leftover Operations Fund money, according to Superintendent Dr. Don Harman
Continue readingThe Eastern Pulaski School Board will hold its first meeting of the year tonight. It will be the board’s first meeting since Dara Chezem officially took over as superintendent on January 1.
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The Knox Community School Corporation is reporting financial stability, despite a few challenges.
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Starke County Auditor Rachel Oesterreich and Council President Dave Pearman recently reviewed line items in the budget and found some in the red that need to be remedied.
Continue readingThe Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation will have to dip into its Rainy Day Fund next year to keep the budget balanced. Interim Superintendent Dr. Gib Crimmins discussed the 2020 budget proposal with the school board Monday.
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The Winamac Town Park’s “swinging bridge” will finally be getting inspected. During Thursday’s park board meeting, board member and town manager Brad Zellers said the inspection company will be there in two weeks.
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The Winamac Park Board finally appears to be ready to accept construction bids for the Town Park restroom project. Plans call for the old brick restrooms in the front of the park to be demolished and replaced with a new structure, with more ADA-compliant stalls and more room in general.
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The first phase of funding for lead dust and asbestos remediation at the Pulaski County Public Library was approved by the county council Monday. Council members voted six-to-one to let the library spend $25,000 out of its Rainy Day Fund, to help cover engineering and testing costs.
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Pulaski County officials will get their first look at the county’s new fiscal plan tonight. Last year, the county hired consultant Jeffrey Peters to look at the county’s finances and recommend adjustments to its tax structure, to make it more sustainable going forward.
Continue readingUpgrades to the Pulaski County Public Library in Winamac are going to end up costing far more than originally thought.
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The Starke County Council members approved Rainy Day Funds to clear up a fund in the red and for equipment for a transfer unit at Starke Hospital.
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