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The Three Forks School Board of Trustees unanimously voted last week to offer Superintendent Jeff Elliott a contract for next school year. Vice-Chair Lori Sayers reported that Elliott's closed session evaluation in January went very well. "We feel proud that he is a part of our school," she said. Salary and benefits will be determined following negotiations. Rebecca Brown, the Industrial Tech teacher, did have exciting news. Her Intro to Drafting and Design class will now be a dual-credit opport...
A brief city council meeting on Tuesday, February 11, was primarily concerned with the Three Forks Rodeo. Council Member Dennis Nelson presided over the meeting in the absence of Mayor Sean Gifford, who was serving on military duty. Nelson started the meeting by resigning as project manager for the Three Forks Rodeo Arena Bleacher Project, due to personal and family commitments. Chuck Wambeke then gave the Three Forks Rodeo Arena Board of Directors' Annual Report, with figures starting July 1st...
The Three Forks City Council approved last week a request by Susan Frost to open a daycare at 223 N Main Street. The location is zoned NHB - Neighborhood Highway Business - and previously daycares were only permitted in the R Residential District or RM Residential Medium Density District as a conditional use. The Zoning and Planning Board recommended an amendment to allow daycare facilities in both the NHB and CBD Central Business District and after hearing from the public the council readily passed the amendment. Frost shared her history of...
The Three Forks School Board and administration are ready to promote the 2020 bond. "It's time to get the conversation started," said Superintendent Jeff Elliott at the January school board meeting. He shared copies of the brochure and explained some of the informative graphs which can now be seen on the school website, as can the brochure. The graphs show 2019-2020 mill levies by neighboring districts and Three Forks and where Three Forks currently stands in relation to the other schools, which include Manhattan, Belgrade, Willow Creek,...
Two primary issues dominated the school board meeting on December 17th. The first issue was the lingering impact of financial mismanagement inherited from the previous administration. Sydni Tangaro, of Tangaro and Company CPAs, and Dan Moody, auditor from the Office of Public Instruction, were present at the meeting to report on the auditing process. The audit of the fiscal year ending in June 2018 (prior to the current administration) has just been completed. Like the audit of 2017, the verdict was a disclaimer of opinion, indicating that the...
The Three Forks School Board meeting on November 19 reported encouraging developments on several fronts. Lisa Morgan said that the auditors are on campus, focusing primarily on 2018, and that the building reserve fund has been divided into four sub funds, providing greater clarity for the project. Quotes, however, for the building project came in higher than expected and there is still work to be done to get the numbers where the board would like them to be prior to proposing a bond. They are optimistic that they can achieve this in time for a...
