Opinion Tribune (Newspaper) - November 20, 1991, Glenwood, Iowa Saluting the Glenwood High School's marching band is saluted in pictures on page 4A. i i Five high school seniors are named honorary captains of the 11 A. Inside The Glenwood Community Schools are honored with a special section during National Education The Our 126th Tear 47th Issue Two 26 pages plus Inserts 50< Mills Iowa November 20, 1991 City to receive HIV vaccine By Jeff DeYoung Tribune Editor GLENWOOD - Firemen in Glenwood may soon receive a series of injections to help prevent being infected with the HIV the virus that causes The Glenwood City Council approved a request from Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department Chief Wayne Boles for the The action came at the regular meeting of the council on November 12. City clerk Mary Peppers said the city was required by law to make these injections requires us to make these available to our and they recommend all employees who come in contact with blood or waste material to receive the she The cost of the vaccinations are and with 25 the city would pay an immunization of for the Mayor Gerie Schatz said he supported the the Magic Johnson our employees may have added incentive to receive these he also provides the city with an ideal opportunity to educate our employees about this Schatz added that additional city Including the public works should look Into the Peppers said LaRue Drug offered to provide the vaccine to the city at while Barbara Kaiman of the Mills County Public Health Office said she would give the Ice storm clean-up In other the council discussed the clean-up of limbs and branches that fell to the ground as a result of the Halloween Ice Public works director Ken Cloyed said the city has hired a tree service to take care of any dangerous branches that might fall onto Cloyed said the clean-up began November 5 with the east side of and the clean-up on the west side began November 13. Cloyed added the Iowa Dept. of Transportation has also offered to DOT has offered to help and they have a tree chipper that we can They are also willing to provide four men when they are he Cloyed said the clean-up will be had some parts of town pretty well cleaned but when Heritage came In to make they removed tree limbs from their lines and dropped them into the he have the streets cleaned up right but this clean-up will be very and very Cloyed said citizens have been making good use of the vacant lot offered by the city for limb Schatz encouraged residents to work with the city In the this shows the magnitude of this storm and the damage it he need to be patient with and rely on us to pick up the limbs left by the It will take there's no question about Sale of Swift plant Schatz said the city has sent a letter to the owners of the old Swift asking them to sign a contract to give the plant and adjacent property to the He said a new industry is available to take possession of the prospective new Industry has agreed to all the Including the liability and the clean-up of Schatz will also pay the taxes owed on the This project will proceed without any expense to the Schatz added the city will retain ownership of the undeveloped area of the as well as the railroad for future economic development The council set November 26 as the date for a public hearing program is underway Christmas program will begin November 29 8 v making ends Information ja submitted by and is a cards selected by who then purchase a gift pr gifts suggested on the wrap and return it fa Lwe are then delivered Just before Love Tree locations the Farm Woolsey 9,a,m, tot 5 the Trust ft pavings to 3 9-11 State 9 to 3 p.m. 8130-1,0:30 a.m. and the Mills County State Bank branch in Silver 9 a.m. to noon and 1:3 p.m. Fridays ' Uyou have you think will benefit from the Love or for more contact Vicky Bird at 527-9913. needed for column Recipes are needed for Favorite * * If you would like to submit two recipes the bring in to the office anytime between 8 a.m. 3 A address and phone number must accompany each Meeting scheduled for merchants A meeting for Glenwood area merchants and their employees on bad check writing will be held November 21, at 7 in the courtroom of the Mills County County attorney Connie AnStey a program on the Christmas bad season called Your will give Upson you can prevent shoplifting crimes interested are invited on the Library property use Councilman Allan Christiansen discussed the intended use for property recently purchased by the city for the Glenwood Public Christiansen said the library board had outlined their plans in a letter to the Immediate goals include using the first floor of the house for community holding library meetings in the free up the courtesy room in the library for expansion of children's storage of off-season supplies and follow up any recommendations made after an inspection by the state fire marshal's The library board also hopes to have expanded parking on the as well as a backyard facilities for children's and modification of restroom Christiansen recommended the city transfer the property to the library effective His recommendation was Christmas lights The council approved a request from the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce for a donation toward the purchase of new Christmas lights for the Schatz said the Chamber had toward the which Include 40 new high The new decorations will be in use during the 1992 The council unanimously approved new precinct maps for the based on the 1990 The council approved a Class B beer permit and Sunday sales license to the 90's Sports Glenwood resident Joan Reinert also addressed the council on questions regarding the sale of city property earmarked for The next regular meeting of the city council will be November 26. at 7:30 p.m. at City County board worries about state cutbacks By Jeff De Young Editor GLENWOOD - Possible measures on the agenda of a state task force has the Mills County Board of Supervisors concerned over service to the The proposed elimination of county auto department services and a proposal to severely cut funding to the county roads departments were Joined by the possibility of consolidating Iowa's 99 counties Into 30. The state task appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to look at possibilities to help the state discussed the possibility of county consolidation last In the which officials estimate would save the state more than Iowa would have Just 30 Additional savings could be found by replacing the county treasurer and recorder with a county financial officer In each regional administrative this will do Is centralize government even and remove the people from the decision-making said Supervisor Don people are elected to they have to be more accessible to See COUNTY page 2A 1 use V chipping sik the thousands of tree 1 that fell during the ice School officials respond to questions on district spending By Jeff De Young Editor GLENWOOD - A question regarding financial policies of the Glenwood Community School District prompted sharp replies from two district officials during a special meeting of the board of education Thursday The meeting was called In regard to an independent audit of district spending by Pacific Junction residents Maurice and Bonnie A review of the audit was sent to Supt. of Schools Tom Rubel and The last really Irritates said board member Paul did not ask for a personal and I would like to know what motive these people Do they want to save us or are they Just trying to cause I've been on this board for 20 and I've never heard of anything like In the the Barretts questioned several school particularly those regarding business Items mentioned were savings on purchases and/or charge cards and travel Rubel and the district's bookkeeping staff were on hand at the meeting to answer the Travel expenses The major portion of the report Involved travel particularly a meeting in Des Moines August 13-14 attended by district The Barretts questioned travel expenses paid to elementary principals Dan Tuma and Keith middle school principal Russ and assistant high school principal Gene Each administrator traveled separately to Des the most we usually travel as a group to these Rubel for this particular that was not for a variety of The Barretts also questioned a failure to cancel a motel resulting in an extra expense for the were told by Gene Schatz that both these rooms were but for some we were billed Rubel are in the process of recouping those The Barretts also suggested that limits should be established for the amounts reimbursed for room They listed room rates at four motels In Des Including a dally rate of at the Best Western Bavarian dally at the Hotel Fort Des at the Holiday and dally at the Marriott site of the Rubel said his staff had checked on these price the most we have found these to be he 'The cost of a single room at the Hotel Fort Des for a is while a similar room at the Bavarian Inn Is We have found It easier and much more convenient to stay at the hotel In which the meetings are To that only makes The Barretts questioned the use of valet parking at the and said this should not be considered a reimbursable have been at that we would be charged for valet parking whether we parked our own cars or Rubel you Just don't have a because the other parking area is The Barretts raised a question Involving the district's purchase of fire extinguishers from Anderson Fire Equipment for Their report said similar equipment was available at Huntley Fire Equipment lor cost Is not Just for the fire but Is also for a service contract and the cost of an said district director of Is a big key for and Anderson has one of the best companies In There's a lot more that goes Into this than Just the cost of an The district's tax-exempt status when making purchases was also Rubel said not inquiring about the status when purchasing books and meals was his and the district was In the process of selling up a policy In this of the things In this report are and we will look Into Rubel you have to use common sense in some of these and that's what we've Cost to the Board president Donna Bishop said she would like to know how much it cost the district to Investigate these would like to be able to show the Barretts what this has cost us in regard to phone she know it was more than what we would have don't really think the public cares about little things like Speck think they feel we have responsible people making good decisions in this Quality comes first Rubel said the district Is always looking to save but added there are some Instances where quality Is more can point to countless examples where our staff and administrators have tried to save They have certain funds allocated to and they want to squeeze everything out of It that they he tills district will not buy the cheapest textbooks or anything else Just to save We want the best we can and as long as I have something to say buying the cheapest things just won't happen In this
