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BPS Health Insurance Plans
Tonight’s School Board meeting agenda includes approval of their health insurance contract. A screenshot from the agenda of their plan numbers with dollar amounts added for the % contributions and the deductibles can be found here. Is this what your … Continue reading
BPS101 Budget Public Hearing Tonight
The School Board is holding a public hearing for their 2021-22 budget TONIGHT (8/24) 7pm. Excepts of letter sent to School Board by a founding BRG member: “Another Great budget with lots of specificity and clarity. Another KUDOs to everyone involved. … Continue reading
Dam, Shodeen
Tuesday night’s COW (8/24) will have more discussion of the Shodeen project. Last week, Shodeen had not yet secured funding, but has since done so. BUT, the bank wants a letter of support from the Council saying he is not in … Continue reading
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Shodeen: Never Ending Drama
Tuesday night, 8/17, agenda item 6: “ Discussion: Update On One Washington Place”. What does this mean? We don’t know—there is no accompanying document. What we do know is that Shodeen failed to apply for permits by his contracted deadline, … Continue reading
Tentative BPS Budget
This Tuesday, 7/20/21, 7pm, Rosalie Jones Admin. Building, the School Board will discuss the budget for the next school year. Public hearing will be in August. Of course, maximum tax increases are proposed. Tentative budget here: https://go.boarddocs.com/il/bps101/Board.nsf/files/C4WTBS769B06/$file/FY22%20Tentative%20Budget%20Summary.pdf During public comments, … Continue reading
Prairie State, School Budget, Building, and More
City Council and School Board both have items of interest Tuesday, 6/22/21. Both meetings are at 7pm. Please consider writing to one (using the Quick Contact button at right) and attending the other. City Council COW: Council will talk about … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, CRT, electric, Prairie State, schools, sex education
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3-4 New Schools? Virtual Q&A Tonight
The Batavia School District is looking to tear down 4 elementary schools and build 3-4 new ones. Enrollment is declining. There are no cost estimates yet. They are having a virtual Q&A tonight (4/26) at 6pm (registration required). They have a … Continue reading
Local Elections 2021
Tomorrow, April 6, are the 2021 Consolidated Elections. PLEASE VOTE!!! There are only 3 contested races for Batavia residents: City Council Wards 6 and 7 and Waubonsee Community College Board of Trustees. All other offices have candidates running unopposed. Sample … Continue reading
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$5 Million Shed
Update: In May, the City canceled its contract to buy the building. The City Council COW approved, by a vote of 8-4, a purchase agreement for a building on Raddant for storing equipment, and will finalize that vote Monday night (3/1), 7:30pm. … Continue reading
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$5 Million Shed???
Item 7 on Tuesday’s Batavia City Council Committee of the Whole Agenda is discussion geared toward purchasing property for $5 million. Bonds would be issued that would be paid with an INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES. The agenda document basically says … Continue reading
