Community events and school notices outline March activity
A Sampson events page lists a Saturday March 21 vendors fair at North Iowa Community School from 10 am to 2 pm with a prize drawing and a food stand by Destination DC. Lakota Kindergarten Round-Up is March 24 from 6 to 7 30 pm in the school Commons for children age five by September 15. Contact Sheryl Davids at 641 562 2525 by March 23 to enroll. Also Lakota hosts Pancake Day March 21 from 1 to 1 pm at the Lakota Fire Station with a freewill donation. The North Iowa School District seeks bids by noon March 20 for the Thompson school building at 108 4th Ave NW, Buffalo Center, with a special meeting March 23 to consider proposals and a public sale hearing set for April 13.
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North Iowa Community School
Destination
Neath Sun Community School
Sheryl Davids
Lakota
North Iowa
Thompson
Buffalo Center
Cory Myer
Rembrandt Enterprises
Myer
4Th Ave. NW
Buffalo Center mayor stands by firing of Officer Pat Conroy
Mayor Joy Armstrong will not reconsider the termination of Officer Pat Conroy. The Buffalo Center City Council largely disagreed during a March 10 special meeting. Police Chief Matt Holmquist cited failure to renew firearms certification and responding to calls outside the city as misconduct creating liability. Council members debated closed session rules and authority over personnel decisions, with Don West alleging the officer was railroaded. Conroy asked for 30 days to renew certification, which Armstrong denied.
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Buffalo Center
Joy Armstrong
Pat Conroy
Armstrong
Conroy
Matt Holmquist
Holmquist
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Pete Paulson
Don West
Don Hemphill
Hemphill
West
Jensvold
Wabben
Schaefer
Paulson
Council approves raise for pool manager amid debate
In a special meeting last Tuesday March 10 Council debated a proposed raise for City pool manager Sarah Paulson who also serves as lifeguard. She requested an increase from 988 per hour to 1250 while rivals pay about 1250. The motion died for lack of a second.
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Repany Cemer Lay Coun
Sarah Paulson
Paulson
West Side
Les Wabben
Lake Mills
Forest City Pool
Spe
Wabben
Id Paulson
West
Pool Mgr
Council picks Larson Contracting for water project
The Buffalo Center City Council awarded Larson Contracting of Lake Mills the water treatment facility contract with a low bid of 823.23 dollars, choosing a manual backwash system over an automatic option to save 36 766 dollars. Other bids came from KHC Construction 933 000 and Grandman Hicks 962 000. Engineering costs total about 200 000 dollars. The meeting also reviewed the 2015 16 budget and Dollar General property annexation with no public comment. The council discussed cemetery mowing with Olena Mound Cemetery in Buffalo Township.
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Buffalo Center
Larson
Lake Mills
KHC Construction
Marshall
Grandman Hicks
Cherokee
Kevin Graves
WHKS
Duane Hinz
Public Works Department
Graves
Dollar General
Harley Hasserock
Buffalo Township
Olena Mound
Hassebroek
Graceland Cemetery
Graceland
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NICS
Church
Marketplace
Annie
North Iowa High School
Makella Shortenhaus
Center
Oliver Warbucks
Jami Goetz
Right
Grace Farrell
Chloe Enright
Council
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