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A burn ban is now in
effect for Erath and
Comanche Counties.
Any violation of this
ordinance restricting
outdoor burning is a
class C Misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine not
to exceed $500.
Vol. 23, No. 52 publisher@dublincitizen.com www.dublincitizen.com Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 750
Dublin ISD approves
construction bids
FACING THE FIRST DAY-
The first day of school can
be emotional as these
young Dublin Elementary
students displayed Monday
morning while family
members were on-hand
with hugs and words of
encouragement. Dublin
staff was standing by to
ease their transition and
turn little frowns upside
down. Photos by Tesha
Sojourner
By MAC B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
Dublin school board
Monday in a special called
meeting accepted bids for
facilities that will fully
encompass 7th & 8th
grades into the high school
complex on Highway 6.
The main project -
classrooms, labs and
offices wing for the east
side of the building - was
approved along with three
alternate bids at a total
cost of about $5.9 million.
This will be paid out of
the schools fund balance.
More than $300,000 of that
bid amount has already
been paid in planning and
preparation. No new taxes
will be necessary. Current
fund balance stands at
$8.344617 million.
The alternate bids
covered locker rooms for
the junior high, junior high
coaches offices, a
connection with the ag
building and a competition
gym that will have seating
for 300 to 500 as well as
masonry covering for the
exterior for the classroom
addition.
The gym and lockers as
well as coaches offices will
be built on the north side
of the building.
Jeff Fisher of Gallagher
ConstructionofRichardson,
employed as construction
managers by the school,
briefed the board on bids.
He noted construction
should start by mid-
September with completion
expected by April 1.
Temporary classrooms
have been set up to
accommodate all students
at the JH/HS complex with
the old junior high gym
and lockers to continue to
be used this school year
until the new facility is
completed.
School started Monday
with the junior high and
high school on the same
campus and everything
went smooth.
The bids were basically
what was expected with
the base bid a bit higher
and the gym bid much
lower than anticipated,
according to Fisher and
Supt. Dr. Rodney
Schneider.
Schneider said this makes
the budgeting much closer
See DISD, AIO
Dublin ISD finalizes budget
Grease clogging
up sewer works
City officials told
members of the Dublin
Economic Development
Corp in their regular
monthly meeting Monday
that one of the problems
with city sewer services is
grease that is being
dumped into the city sewer
lines.
Public works director
Cory James and Code
Enforcement Jim Roach
told the EDC board that a
number of places serving
food do not have grease
traps that are required and
discussed the possibility
of the EDC helping funding
for traps.
James noted that the city
has to go in and clean out
sewer lines which is
expensive and then more
problems are caused when
grease gets to the waste
treatment plant.
EDC members noted that
this is a business expense
but it was decided that the
EDC could help by making
people aware of the
problems with grease in
the sewer system. This is
also something that
homeowners need to know,
it was pointed out.
In other business, a
public hearing was held
for the EDC budget with no
comments. Income of
See SEWER, AIO
By MAC B. McKINNON
Citizen Publisher
Dublin school board
Monday unanimously
approved the final budget
for 2013-2014 school year
with the tax rate remaining
the same.
The budget has a deficit of
$165,283, which is almost
$100,000 less than in a
preliminary budget
discussed last week due to
updated information
received by Supt. Dr. Rodney
Schneider.
The budget provides a
onetime $ 1,000pay increase
for contract employees with
more than 26 years
experience, a career step
pay increase for teachers
with less than 26 years, a 396
pay increase for
administrators and non-
contract employees and a
$1,500 stipend for those
who live in Dublin or who
send their kids from out of
the district to Dublin
schools.
Schneider noted there is
something for everybody.
The budget calls for
revenue of $9,405,469 of
which $2,867,200 is from
local taxes and $6,398,569
from the state with the
balance from various
revenue sources.
Expenditures amount to
$9,570,752 of which
$4,751,586 is for instruction
and $1,429,222 is for
maintenance and operation.
School leadership is
budgeted at $606,047,
guidance and counseling
$255,087, transportation,
$267,889, co-curricular and
extracurricular $666,902
and general administration,
$564,842.
The exact amount of
deficit for the current budget
is not yet known with the
school board approving
$20,000 for a budget
amendment for legal
expenses. It has been
estimated the current
budget will have a deficit of
$953,914 of which more
than $300,000 has been for
planning for the high school/
junior high expansion.
The new budget is based
on enrollment of 1,106 a
loss of almost $500,000 due
to declining enrollment
directly related to loss of
dairies in the school
district.
The budget is also based
on a tax collection rate of
9896.
The tax rate remains the
same at $1.26.24 of which
$1.04 is for maintenance
and operations and
22.24-cents is for interest
and sinking fund (bond
payments).
School board member
Lathes Towns was not
present.
School numbers
on the increase
Council closing budget gap
By PAUL GAUDETTE
Staff Writer
Dublin’s budget gap has
narrowed from $550,000 to
about $300,000 following
Dublin City Council’s budget
workshop on Monday
night.
Following council
discussion from the first
workshop, several cuts were
made including dropping
city worker raises from 1096
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Monday
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be closed Monday, Sept. 2
for the Labor Day holiday.
Deadline for the Sept. 5
edition of the newspaper
will be noon Tuesday, Sept
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and advertising be
submitted by 5 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 30.
We hope everyone has a
safe and happy Labor Day.
to 596 and lowering the
funds for paving from
$200,000 to $100,000.
Jim Leatherwood reported
that although he was not
against raises for staff
earning more qualifications
ortaking extraresponsibility,
he didn’t think that the
council should approve
raises across the board
considering the city’s budget
problems and the benefits
that workers get in insurance
and vacation time.
Interim City Manager
Nancy Wooldridge reminded
the council that the cost of
living has risen in the years
that city staff have gone
without raises and that
they’ve stayed at their posts,
dedicated to keeping Dublin
running.
On the topic of paving,
Mayor David Leatherwood
and council members asked
Public Works director Cory
James to check on the
difference in prices between
hot mix and other paving
solutions saying that the
city might increase the
amount of correcting the
city’s ailing roadways with
another material.
Wooldridge advised that
the city is subject to another
$40,000 expense in hauling
sludge from the wastewater
treatment plant three times
a year though. James was
asked about equipment and
selling it after treatment. He
reported that the majority
of sludge appears closer to
shore, within the reach of
the city’s track-hoe and that
it could be treated with lime
but it would have to be re
sampled to be sure it was
clean which would cost
more money. If it failed,
then the city would have to
buy more lime and pay for
another test.
Wooldridge also reported
that the budget had been
decreased by $20,000 as
they are looking at $5,000
to repair the library’s leaky
roof instead of $25,000 to
replace it.
The city’s department
heads were invited to the
meeting to discuss their
portions of the budget and
those in attendance
See CITY, A10
Area schools got
underway Monday with
reports that everything
started without a hitch
including the combining of
Dublin junior high and
high school.
Enrollment for Dublin
was up slightly to 1,181
from 1163 at the end of
the school year and up
slightly from the start of
last year when there were
1,177. (For a breakdown by
grade see the table.)
More are expected in the
elementary when shots are
completed. Supt. Dr.
Rodney Schneider
reported.
For Lingleville, enrollment
stands at 224 while Premier
High School has 15. Premier
this year does not offer
junior high classes.
Huston Academy
reported an enrollment of
80.
Dublin ISD Enrollment
GRADE
8/27/12
5/30/13
8/27/13
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2
2
2
PreK
54
62
46
K
99
104
85
1
110
104
114
2
94
97
101
3
88
86
85
4
95
96
85
5
86
85
91
6
88
90
89
7
89
85
101
8
86
82
89
9
83
78
77
10
71
58
82
11
70
73
62
12
62
61
72
Turning Back
the Pages
Tesha Sojourner
100 Years Ago
August 29,1913
William Hendricks was
fatally injured when he was
knocked from a moving
passenger train in the Sante
Fe yards at Brownwood.
Physicians say he suffered
from a concussion of the
brain. Hendricks was riding
the steps of the train, leaning
out from the car steps when
his body struck a freight car
on a nearby track and he was
knocked beneath the train.
75 Years Ago
Sept 2,1938
The little park located next
to the business section of
Dublin, which was commonly
known as the Little City Park,
was officially dedicated as
“Shamrock Park.”
Both the Dublin High
School and Grammar school
received improvements so
that they were ready for the
first day of school. The high
school received entirely new
flooring in both hallways up
and downstairs and all the
landings and new awnings
were put on the windows of
the grammar school.
50 Years Ago
August29,1963
The 1963 Dublin Lion
football team consisted of
Lewis Crouch, Kenneth
Jumey, Joe Ed Cannon,
Johnny Holtzinger, Larry
Gibson, Jakie James, Jody
Thiebaud, Rickey Thiebaud,
Duane Simmons, Danny
Prater, Gary Sharp, John
Turney, Larry Looney,
Richard Harbin, Gary
Greenway, Paul Jordan,
Ronald Sharp, Jay Curtis,
Eddie Harris, Rodney
Armstrong, Richard Stevens,
Jim Hamrick, Steve Maikell,
Roger Freeman, and George
Speer. Head Coach for the
Dublin Lions was Johnny
Gragg.
25 Years Ago
August 31,1988
A hay bam belonging to
McNutt Brothers Dairy was
totally consumed by fire on
August 23. Gary and Guy
McNutt lost the bam and
6,000 square bales of hay in
the fire.
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