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Repowering Project Restart Pushed Back to July
Additional work on the project’s air compression piping system has pushed back the online operation date from June to July, according Rick Rigel, Lamar Light and Power Plant Superintendent. Rigel told the utilities board, about half the insurance claim for the outage has been approved. The remainder is for the expense for removing and stock piling the plant’s coal from the two storage domes and man hours for light plant staff for coal … Read entire article »
Lamar City Sales Tax Shows Increase
Lamar city sales tax revenue increased only a fraction of a percent, 0.28% for April of this year, but saw a 4.82% increase for year-to-date since January. Total sales and use tax collections for 2011 are $1,355,187.70 compared to $1,292,901.05 for a gain over last year of $62,286.65. Of the twelve retail sales categories used by the city, two were almost static in a year to date comparison with 2010. Furniture sales tax for 2010 was … Read entire article »
Finances Top the RE-2 Board Meeting Discussion
The Lamar RE-2 School Board Members discussed the preliminary budget for fiscal year, 2011-2012 during their meeting at 7:30pm, June 13. School Superintendent Dave Tecklenburg said the district will have to wait for the annual October student enrollment count to determine how much funding per student will come from the state. He said that, “Federal funding has dropped quite a bit between the end of May and June 12.” Tecklenburg added that there … Read entire article »
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