Cedar Rapids Schools Trim Budget Amid State Cuts
The Cedar Rapids Community district faces a 1 percent state aid cut and other adjustments costing $564,387 this year. Trustees approve tighter spending, hold on building accounts, cap equipment purchases, and review vacancies while seeking additional revenue sources. A new Transportation Review Committee is set to reduce busing appeals, and meters will be removed at several courts to provide free lighting as a community service.
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Christie Wallace
Jazette Education
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Maire
Maire
Robert Ray
Charles Beusch
Grant Wood
Franklin, McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Jefferson, Kennedy
Washington
Marion contract talks limp along with little progress
Marion officials report slow progress in negotiations with three bargaining groups. Firemen reach the fact finding stage and a hearing is set for January 26, while policemen are in mediation with one session held and another planned. AFSCME talks with remaining city employees continue as City Manager Carl Ramey warns agreements are unlikely soon. He notes state law requires contracts and the city budget be set by March 15.
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Marion
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
Carl Ramey
Ramey
Marion Briefs and City Manager Talks on Budget and Contracts
Marion items include a Linn-Mar school board meeting at 7 p.m. in the Educational Services Center. The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes city manager contract talks with AFSCME workers and firemen, highlighting salary disputes and budget impact, with tentative plans for a budget proposal next month.
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Linn-Mar
Educational Services Center
CPR Classes Offered By St Luke’s Cedar Rapids
St Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids and the Linn County Heart Association sponsor a community CPR program. January sessions are Saturday 24 and the evenings of Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28. February onward classes occur on the first Saturday and the fourth Tuesday and Thursday each month. The Heartsaver technique covers closed heart massage and mouth to mouth resuscitation to sustain life during cardiac events. Fee is 10 dollars for training materials and certification. Call 3779696 to enroll. 20 YEARS AGO The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Robert Kennedy as attorney general.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Heart Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert Kennedy
Driver Charged with Drunk Driving in Linn County
Scott J. Keller, 19, was arrested in Marion after being charged with drunk driving. He was taken into custody around 2:30 a.m. in the 200 block of 11th Street and faces an additional count for passing another car too near an intersection.
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Scott J. Keller
Linn County
Keller
Weing Road
11Th Street
Marion
Cedar Rapids 10-Cent Lunch Price Hike Clears Board
Cedar Rapids Community Schools will raise lunch prices by ten cents effective February 1. Elementary meals rise to 65 cents and secondary to 70 cents, with adults at noon meals to $1.10. Food service director Gladys Wathan says the increase offsets federal reductions and aims to net about $70,000, noting the district’s prices remain competitive with neighboring districts. The last increase was at the start of this school year.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Food Service
Gladys Wathan
Cedar Rapids
Wathan
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Eleven firms bid for Linn County Courthouse remodel
Eleven architectural firms from Cedar Rapids Marion and Iowa City voiced interest in handling the Linn County Courthouse remodeling. They met the Board of Supervisors after firing Associated Engineers Inc. over bid overruns and spending limits. Selection will hinge on written proposals with a Feb 10 decision and a Feb 2 deadline for submissions.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Iowa City
Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Associated Engineers Inc
Fort Dodge
Associated Engineers
Kinderknecht Associates Inc
Associated
Jean Oxley
Oxley
Joe Rinas
Rinas
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