Owen-Withee School Board Chooses Bus Company
Thursday, August 13th, 2020 -- 9:06 AM
-The Owen-Withee School Board heard a presentation to begin their meeting on Monday.The board heard presentations from Bogseth Bussing and Burnett Transportation on their offers to provide busing for the district. Both companies had excellent points that offered the district opportunities. The board voted 5-2 to award the bussing contract to Dylan and Wally Bogseth of Bogseth Bussing. The board then discussed the resolution for a building referendum. Jason Plante from Market & Johnson was on hand to present to the board the cost estimate for building the cafeteria/kitchen/community multi-purpose room as well as the Ag/Tech addition. Cost of the project will be $5,039,005. With the $1,923,412 from a FEMA grant being deducted from the cost, the remaining that will come from the district is $3,115,593. The board will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, August 17 at 7:00 PM to approve borrowing of $3,150,000 and going to a November referendum for the same amount. The board also discussed the student handbooks. Principals Julie Van Ark and Matt Cihlar presented the 20-21 student handbooks to the board. No changes were made to this year’s handbook and they approved the handbooks on a 7-0 vote.
The board also approved the resignation of Heidi Lenz from her 2nd Grade teaching position. They wish her well in her new business and thank her for her years of service to the district. The board also approved a $1.5 million loan for short-term borrowing to meet the operational needs of the District. The loan is from Forward Bank at a rate of 3.0%. Finally, the board discussed changing the date of the October Board Meeting. The board decided to leave the regular meeting in October on the 2nd Monday of the month as usual. Typically, they delay this meeting until later in the month so that they have all data needed to set the tax levy for the year. Because of the referendum this year, they will not know the actual tax levy until November 4th at the earliest. The board did approve moving the Annual Meeting from October 19 to October 12.
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