Friday, May 3, 2013
The board gave the informal go-ahead to a slate of capital projects that would cover what were described as the district's "most critical" needs.
After at least three years without any red ink, the Rockwood School District is moving ahead with a proposed budget plan that will produce an $11 million deficit. The plan included $4.6 million worth of items that would have been included in the $38.4 million Prop S bond issue, had it passed. District CFO Tim Rooney presented the recommendations to the board at a meeting Thursday night and said they represented the district’s most critical needs. “We had a tough task,” he said. “We were really looking at what, if it would fail, would cause the most disruption.” The move was not a formal adoption of the fiscal year 2013-14 budget, which will occur later this summer, but provides guidance to district staff so they can begin coordinating the …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The filing period for the Apr. 2, 2013 election is from Dec. 11, 2012 through Jan. 15, 2013. City and school board positions are at stake.
Municipal and school board hopefuls will be able to throw their hats in the election ring starting next week as the candidate filing period opens in Fenton and High Ridge. The local election is Apr. 2, 2013. At stake are city elections in Fenton and school board contests in the Northwest, Lindbergh and Rockwood school districts. In Fenton, a new mayor will be elected. Current mayor Dennis Hancock already has indicated he will not seek re-election to a 7th term. First Ward Alderman Paul Seemayer announced last August that he would seek the mayor's seat. His aldermanic term will expire in April 2013, as will the terms of Alderman Joe Maurath, Ward 2, Alderman Chris Clauss, Ward 3, and Alderman Jim Mauller, Ward 4. Two seats are up for grabs…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Shelton, James elected in Northwest School District; Schuster, Holloway nab seats on Lindbergh school board; Proposition S passes in St. Louis County; Rockwood's Proposition R fails to gain approval.
Patch will keep you updated on the happenings of the day as voters trek to the polls to make their decisions. We also will have complete election coverage this evening, passing along the numbers as the votes are counted by the St. Louis County Election Board and the Jefferson County Clerk's office. Here are the numbers with 84.48% of the votes counted in Jefferson County; 46% in St. Louis County St. Louis County Proposition S ($100 million bond issue for courts facilities) (57.15% need for passage) YES 52,517 NO 35,764 (59.49% approval - passes) City of Fenton Board of Aldermen Ward 1 Carol Brennan 70 Harold Bade 88 Write-In 1 Ward 2 Jerry Sorge 81 Write-In 2 Ward 3 Daniel C. …
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Lindbergh, Rockwood and Northwest districts have multiple seats up for election on Apr. 5, 2011. Filing for the positions opens Dec. 14.
Those who seek to become members of the local school board in the Rockwood, Northwest and Lindbergh school districts can throw their hats in the ring beginning Dec. 14. The general municipal election is April 5, 2011. The filing period to declare candidacy closes Jan. 18, 2011. Rockwood residents may file as candidates for the Board of Education from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Rockwood administrative offices at 111 E. North Street in Eureka. For information, call 636-733-2005. The terms of three Rockwood school board members - Darla Baker, Kim McGuiness and Steve Smith - will expire in April 2011. The Northwest R-1 School District also will have three school board openings as the terms of Sherri K. Talbott, Sally S. …
Michael Rhodes
8:51 am on Monday, May 6, 2013
I agree that this was handled the best way possible. My concern is still two or three years down the road. After next year (barring a sudden influx of revenue) the district will be down to about $7m over their targeted reserve. That should be enough to fund operations an additional year with little or no capital spending. After that the reserves are gone and hard chioces could be needed. I also … more ›