Williamsburg Journal-Tribune (Newspaper) - March 18, 1982, Williamsburg, Iowa T 3 Newspaper chool Board Sets Admi 1 A salary and benefits package a percent administrators plus an extra for superintendent Dale Pierce approved by the Williamsburg of education at their meeting llast March The salary are for the 19821983 school I yean In other action regarding staff for the coming the board recommendation to terminate two i ies from the total package noted Friday they would be as follows including the extra a raise from high school principal Robert up from and elementary principal Terry up from The board did not decide on a salary for the new halftime junior high principals position waiting to discuss applicants in a closed session at the end of the board The percentage raises in salary for the three are percent percent and percent In their the board noted they had approved a total package for auxiliary staff and a percent total package increase for including a percent salary according to board member Judy The board denied a request by Murphy to take five vacation days during the school year in lieu of a salary saying they felt it important that he be the school when In a letter to the he had noted they were considering the same percentage increase as teachers had which he esti mated would amount to for He would be willing to forego to per day for the vacation time This would make me happy and not cost the district a he told the board Being single he noted salary increases are an increase for Uncle The board briefly discussed remuneration for the administrators in the form of tax sheltered annuities but declined Board president Flora Heitshusen ne ZTH AND GRAM COPT HEP r 84 12 This Week In The JT 22 advised them to keep Murphy added he hoped to th another three and said a short annuity would beof little Pierce and Curtis made requests to the and all left when the board the had the board with what other area school tors were receiving in salary andl and in districts with enrol just higher or tower In deciding on the additional for board members in discussion this would bring him in line with other They also noted he headed tions in a difficult year and had filled in elementary principals Welsh died last Heitshusen added he had only 3 increase last because he was unable to get additional insurance benefits theyd The board members discussed ing the a salary but the percent package increase when they made Terminations The board received written recom for the termination of two Pierce declined to name saying they had the right to request private hearings on the science teacher Joseph the JT before the meet ing that he was being recommended tor would request a private hearing to appeal the recom has been on the high school staff for nine hav ing also been junior high wrestling In and athletic trainer since noted the board could take no action that as the teachers had five days after being served notice to request private was received that and he said theyd have to wait to see if they got another before settings hearing He also declined to discuss any par Salaries with the noting they would have to serve as a jury in the private Pierce outlined the procedure to be requests for private the board must set the hearing date within 10 and 20 Five days before the hearing the school administration must submit to the teacher a list of evi dence and witnesses it intends to bring Three days before the the teacher must submit a list of evidence and witnesses he intends to bring The hearing itself is How when terminations are they must be done in an open meeting following the Pierce rioted the termination hear ing procedure is one He added he has not been involved in one He also noted if the teacher has having taught more than two years in the may appeal the boards decision to dis court without one may according to state In other action regarding Wieser Takes Over PanL Wieser Concrete Products com Maiden has taken complete control of the of Iowa company located north of Wieser company Joe Maiden modified open front hog build slatted cattle patio car and sewer All were previously made at the except for steps and manholes which a re new products for amsburg Jast Thursday the Wieser he noted and noted his Roger formerly of owned with Maiden Rock will be general man purchased of the Williamsburg plant and est in February I his will also work in the The Williamsburg plant will now as They be known as Wieser Concrete of The company also owns two plants in one at Maiden Rock and another at Like its Wisconsin Willi amsburg plant will manufacture a full line of precast concrete pro including liquid manure stor age tanks precast commercial and utility buildings hog feeders and are living in Conroy and have one Roger The are Maiden Rock natives and graduates of Plum City high Roger began with the company after high school gra three and onehalf years His wife has worked for Wieser for six parttime while he noted Maiden has taken complete control of the of Iowa company located north of Roger formerly of Maiden will be general manager of the Williamsburg plant and his second from will be secretary At right is company president Joe Maiden who noted his which had jointly owned with pur chased interest in the board raised the salary of tute teachers from to per after receiving a letter requesting a Pierce noted the last raise given substitute teachers was from to in the 19801981 school The board also approved issuing contracts to staff not affected by ter and received a request by Carlton Jones to be relieved of assist ant girls basketball coaching As with Neal and Jim Turner who had requested to be relieved of coaching duties a month board accepted Pierces dation to deny the request for but to look for someone else willing to Budget The board approved the 19821983 budget after receiving no objections at a budget Pierce noted the next year total budget would be including the following operating lia unemployment com debt and school site Property tax asking would total with a tax down from the present Pierce The school districts valuation is The district will also receive in state based on a enrollment and a per pupil Pierce again noted the would collect less in property tax money next even With the schools site because of reduced levies for debt service and In the operating Pierce reviewed the following i general education sub up from for the present year career up from skill from special education flow through money to area education down from cocurricular up from student ser vices transportation and down from instructional up from general education board and and central sup from In other the school board Heard Pierce report the athletic fund was in the He Our income from athletics is over Set to be for warded to the Iowa Association of School These were that the Please turn to page 10 Supervisors Hear Questions On County Budget The Iowa county supervisors heard numerous questions about the county budget from ten persons who attended the hearing on the countys 19821983 fiscal However there were no objectors to the Those in lurge also attended the Iowa County Farm Bureau luncheon several weeks ago at which time the supervisors were asked about the Most discussion centered the civil defense department Harold Greene town ship asked what the civil defense director noting the department was to get more money this defense director Doug Schmuecker replied his duties were varied and suggested anyone inter ested stop and look at his work Of the increase in his from to he noted the addi tional was fora new four wheel drive rescue vehicle for use in I dont mind justify ing my he Of the equipment hes he con There isnt a piece of equip ment that hasnt been used in an Garth rural said hed heard the civil defense director had ndt helped at the time of the tornado north of Victor last and that most of the clea nup had been done by the Victor fire Schmuecker disputed saying hed been theie before the firemen and had called them Brenneman also charged that a number of years a previous civil defense director had not known about a tornado that touched down near Parnell until several days Supervisor Leonard Thys disputed working with civil and I was down Schmuecker added one reason peo ple might not be aware they were there was because civil defense workers arent in Supervisor Read noted the civil defense department had stopped a serious gas leak in and they were the only ones who had the to do Hinrichs also commented lance service is slow to Lincoln town saying each town used to have an ambulance before state regula tions were put into Schmuecker said ambulance person nel now concentrate on stabilizing the It may take three to five minutes longer to reach the but they may be buying him 20 to 30 minutes more time by stabilizing him before transporting he He also noted only 5 percent of are life where time is a serious You did a good job explaining said Hinrichs 10 Schmuecker later in the he suggested the civil defense department and ambulance service may have an image problem which would be helped by their com ing out and visiting with township Russell rural suggested town ship meetings might be a way for to explain the services they Thys suggested church groups might also invite them to Schmuecker noted he has had seminars on weather spotting and other which were adver in the newspaper and received Supervisor Robert Buelow also noted with revenue sharing diminish residents would have to consider whether they wanted these services and paid for out of prop erty tax Other questions those attending asked mainly dealt with why certain proposed expenditures were higher for next year than this year the per manent improvements for the court Kirkpatrick Announces Iowa Senate Candidacy Donald has announced his candi dacy for Iowa senate district currently represented by senator Joe Montezuma The new district includes Powe shiek and the western half of Johnson Announcing his Kirk patrick I feel that I can ent the people of senate district 27 very effectively and convey to the legislature their pressing concerns needs of our and the imperative need for maintaining a healthy farm Kirkpatrick is associated with the farm division of Byers and Happel Cedar He is former partner in familyowned feed and grain business in North Kirkpatrick feed He is a graduate of English Valleys high school and Parsons Kirkpatrick has been active in state and county level serv ing as a past chairman and present member of the Iowa county republi can central representing and as a delegate to the state convention in He has also served as president of the North English club and is a member of the Cedar Rapids Board of Real His is a third grade teacher at the Williamsburg elemen tary The Kirkpatricks reside on Coun try Club They have lived in Williamsburg for 13 moving from North English in the menial health and institutions Bangs eradication court expense and courthouse employees Asked by Tom rural why permanent improve ments went up in the from this to super visors noted it was for the courthouse elevator and to make the courthouse accessible to the handi The latter is still a concern of the federal said whos just returned from a meeting on regulations for the handi capped in Kansas Funds had been budgeted for the elevator this but it had not been started and the supervisors found they would need more money for the Asked why the mental health and institutions fund had gone up from to auditor Shirley Dye noted it had been categorized differently in previous Dye noted the Bangs eradication fund has risen from to in next because the state mandates the amount to be and the present amount isnt The funds mainly go to vete for she after these approved by the state department of Jerry rural specu lated that could include brucellosis which he suggested farmers should pay for Brown also asked why court expense for court appointed attor neys has gone up percent in the new The expense has grown from an actual expense of for 19801981 budgeted for this and budgeted for You havent seen any thing said supervisor She noted judges can appoint attorneys for anyone who cant afford and this must be paid by the Schmuecker added that includes all costs of defending the Read continued he state ture might solve the problem by taking over the court One major case could saddle the county with a large noted in support of the states takeover of the court How believed the states takeover make the clerks position an appointed rather than an elective gd by Brown what courthouse workers were the supervisors noted they could be paid up to 80 per cent of the officers Treas urer Ernestine Frontera and recorder Barbara noted theyve had employees start at 65 Sandersfeld noted also for next year officers salaries have been held the same as It seems like the courthouse sets the said Brown about the secretaries wages elsewhere in Iowa Approve Budget Supervisors Monday afternoon also approved the Iowa county county budget and federal revenue sharing allocations as The county budget calls for a total of in up from for the current Raised from taxation will be up from for this Tax levies under the budget are per assessed tion in incorporated and in the rural The rale for city taxpayers would drop from for this while the rate would increase in the rural area from The county approved budget must now be sent to the state for In other business Monday tne board heard a complaint from Cha rles superintendent of Deep concerning the refusal of the coun tys insurance company ISAC to pay a claim filed by the The claim was for some in repairs to a school car which ran into an Iowa county end loader on the road Hartwig said the school was entitled to the money because there had been no warning signal or flash ing lights on or behind the end and if the insurance company wouldnt the county According to the statement made by driver of the car Charles Mont he did not see the end loader in the middle of the road his car carrying four special education stu dents was 60 or 70 feet in front of him after coming over a The school had not yet received a letter promised by ISAC explaining why the claim had been Hartwig I think its the obligation of the county to pay this claim because it certainly was not our Hart wig Supervisors said they did not know why ISAC refused to pay the but that they wanted to find out ISACs reason before the county took any Supervisor Leonard Thys specu lated it could be because the road is supposed to be posted closed for Hartwig asked why county road equipment would be opening the road if it was supposed to be He suggested such roads be barri Supervisor Read said the insurance company should pay because thats why the county buys liability Is Charged With A Millersburg man Williamsburg police with terrorism after he allegedly held a Marengo man at gunpoint outside a Williams burg Joseph was charged after allegedly holding Dean at gunpoint outside 805 West Welsh in Williams said police officer Ray Garrin The incident stemmed from a he Hohenshell was taken to the Iowa county Garringer Cover ing the incident were police chief Mike state troopers and the courtly sheriffs he A preliminary hearing has been set for 0 according to clerk of court Helen Hohen shell was released on his own recog upon the recommendation of the Sixth Judicial District depart ment of adult correctional services Inside Self Esteem Family Church For The
