City Potholes

 

By: Tim Davidson

2009-06-09

12:11:39

The cool, damp weather this spring has been playing havoc with the city's roads.

Operations manager Rick Perchuck says pot holes has been particularly bad.

He says one of the options they are looking at is a new truck, that fills potholes more efficiently.

Perchuck says the trucks tend to do a much better job of filling potholes.

At this point, he says they are looking at leasing a truck rather than buying one.

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School Board Review

 

By: Tim Davidson

Photo by: www.kpdsb.on.ca  

2009-06-09

12:11:04 

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is planning to conduct of review of its elementary schools in the City of Kenora.

Director of Education, Larry Hope says declining enrolment means that a number of schools are being underutilized.

He says the review doesn't necessarily mean the closing of any schools in the city.

Hope says it currently costs the school board about 300 thousand dollars more than it gets from the province in grants to operate the elementary schools in Kenora.

The review is scheduled to be complete by April of 2010.

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School Board Budget

 

By: Tim Davidson

Image by: www.kpdsb.on.ca

2009-06-09

12:10:02 

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is looking at a big increase in its budget this year.

Trustees were presented the draft budget last night, which included 96.7 million dollars in spending.

Superintendant of Business, Dean Carrie says that's an increase from this years budget, which was projected at 89.8 million.

Carrie adds that due to a projected drop in enrolment next year, they had to cut about 900 thousand dollars in spending from the budget to ensure that it was balanced. 

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