RANGELY — It’s the time of year for approving budgets and mill levies. At a Dec. 8 meeting, it was the Rangely School Board’s turn. The board approved a total mill levy of 8.022. The previous year, the mill levy was 7.085.
Author: Jeff Burkhead
Meeker school board approves construction mill levy
Second mill levy will fund operations; board seeks member to replace Kai Turner
Confessions of a smoker trying to quit
Warning: Reading this column may be hazardous to your health. But I hope not.
Meeker declares emergency; asks for proposal to get well working
MEEKER — After determining the existence of a public health and welfare emergency, Meeker’s Board of Trustees gave the go-ahead Dec. 10 to bypass the bid process and request a work proposal in order to move forward on the town’s water pump installation project.
Trustees OK 2009 Town of Meeker budget
MEEKER — Rod Gerloff, the newest member of the Meeker Board of Trustees, was sworn in Dec. 10, and one of his first official acts of business was to vote to adopt the 2009 proposed budget.
Warm and fuzzy
Christmas came early for the Rangely Animal Shelter.
Familiar buyer: NC Telecom’s assets purchased by UBET Wireless at auction
MEEKER — The new owner of NC Telecom is a familiar company.
County to seek housing assessment
RBC — Commissioners gave the go-ahead Monday for a $50,000 grant request to the state to fund a countywide housing assessment.
New NC Telecom owner known Friday
RBC — A three-year wait is almost over. NC Telecom — a high-speed Internet and digital wireless provider in northwest Colorado — and all of its assets, will be sold to the highest bidder during a bankruptcy auction at 10 a.m. Friday.
Highway project curbed
MEEKER — In a sign of the times, the town’s curb and gutter project on Highway 13 is on hold, due to uncertainty about the economy. At a special meeting Nov. 24, members of the town board opted to delay the road project.
New board member Gerloff has a 30-year commitment
MEEKER — Just because he is the newest member of the Meeker Town Board doesn’t mean he is a newcomer. Rod Gerloff, who was sworn in Wednesday night, has been around since the late 1970s, when his family moved here from Texas during the oil shale boom.
Having to buy yet another sympathy card
My best friend back in Kansas called me during the day last week, which he hardly ever does. Usually, when we talk on the phone, it’s at night, since we’re both working during the day. So when I noticed he was calling, I wondered what it might be. Usually, when[Read More…]
