The Mail-Journal, Volume 27, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 May 1988 — Page 1

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PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN — The proposed floor plan of the new middle school for Wawasee Community School Corporation was shown to the public at two informational meetings Tuesday. The plan, which has not been approved by the board, will be presented to the school corporation board of trustees for approval. The total project cost has been estimated to be between $15,605,000 and $16,970,000. The

New middle school plans made public; could cost $16,970,000

By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer

The new Wawasee Community School Corporation Middle School is to cost an estimated $15,605,000 to $16,970,000, resulting in the taxpayers seeing a property tax increase of $1.05-$1.25. The projected costs and impact were just two of the points discussed during the Patron Advisory Committee Public Information Meetings on the new school yesterday. The meetings were held at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Room 300 at Wawasee High School. A total of 15 concerned taxpayers attended. The meetings were presided over by Courtney Blue, PAC chairman. This was the first public meeting in which the proposed floor plan had been presented to the public. The next step will be approval of the floor plans by the school board of trustees. A background on the need for more facilities, review of projected costs and comparison with area school districts, development of educational specifications, and planning for the new middle school were given by various PAC members and Dr. Roger Thornton, school superintendent. Also given were reviews and explanations of the school areas, student and staff experiences, an architect’s review and financial planning and impact. A time for questions and answers was provided at the end of the meeting. Stressed throughout the meeting was the fact that the programs and educational goals were established prior to having the building designed to meet those needs. Dr. Thornton noted that to understand the building’s design one must first “understand the program and curriculum. The facility is designed for teaching and learning.’’

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Comparison and Financial Dr. Thornton provided information on recent and planned facility projects in six area schools and their costs and tax impact. The 1988 assessed valuation for each area was also provided. Among the schools listed were: Goshen’s middle school project at $17,200,000, having an assessed valuation at $139,212,030, and a tax rate of $1.2584 for each SIOO of assessed valuation; Middlebury’s project costing $14,425,000, with an assessed valuation of $80,044,120, and a tax rate of $1.8355; Concord’s recently completed project of $14,000,000, with an assessed valuation at $117,893,330 and tax rate of $1.2095; Warsaw’s new high school and two elementaries at a cost of $38,000,000 plus soft costs, with an assessed valuation of $208,097,930 and a tax rate of $1.8599; Manchester’s two elementary schools at a cost of $11,160,000 with an assessed valuation at $46,043,490 and tax rate of $2.4687; and South West Alien’s project over $29,000,000 with an assessed valuation at $144,044,400 and tax rate of

I ATTEND INFORMATION MEETING - Approximately 15 persons, other than the Patron Advisory Council and Wawasee CommunityiSchool Corporation Officials, attended the two informational meetings Tuesday on the proposed plans for the new middle school. The meetings were held at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Room 3M at Wawasee High School. This photo shows those who attended the afternoon meeting. Only one question was raised following the presentation of PAC members, architect, financial consultant and school superintendent. The question dealt with adequate parking. (Photo by Deb Patterson)

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$2.0506. The assessed valuation at Wawasee is $116,867,420. Phil Gutman, Summers and Company, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, financial advisor for the corporation, explained the various ways a school corporation could fund the project, including delaying the project until enough cash has been saved. He stated this may take eight to 10 years and assume there would be no increase in costs. He pointed out that if the Milford School, built in 1981, was rebuilt for every $1 spent in 1981, it would cost $2.65 today. Using the enrollment figures from 1983-1987 given him, Gutman found WCSC had a 12.15 percent growth in student population and from 1983 to 1991 a projected 21.65 percent growth will be seen in the school population. He also added the corporation’s assessed valuation has grown an average of 2.67 percent per year. “This is an extremely healthy situation,” noted Gutman who added there was a healthy ability to bear the project cost in the district. Those present were given two sets of budget figures for the project, the architect’s projection

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estimated construction costsissll,s64,«o4 to J13,464,9M, however bids are expected to come in below the estimated costs as was the case in the Syracuse School project. The above drawing shows the proposed middle school plan and is known as a schematic drawing. On the left is the academic wing of the building while on the right is the practical arts wing where it is proposed students will enter the building from the buses.

and the other from Summers and Company. These figures included construction, architectural and engineering fees, unplanned ex-

Syracuse Town Board takes steps to reduce outstanding loans

By GLEN LONG Staff Writer

Taking advantage of an opportunity that Bob Reed, attorney for the Town of Syracuse, said was “too good a deal to pass up,” the Syracuse Town Board, at its meeting on May 18, adopted two ordinances which have the net effect of reducing outstanding loans from $1,556,000 to $1,114,100, a saving of $441,900 over the life of

penses, plans, purchase of land, issuance costs for financing and administration, equipment, insurance, survey soil tests,

the loans which will be paid off in the year 2015. Reed said that the term of the loans is unchanged The sewer and water loans have been with the Federal Farm and Home Administration. These will now be paid off and moved to the Indiana Bond Bank. Reed and Mark Tatman, clerk-treasurer, explained that the government is pushing to get out of the loan business to show some reduction in the national debt. Reed pointed out that if municipalities do not take this option to reduce their debt the FHA will sell the contracts to other financial agencies where interest rates can go higher. Concerns about traffic safety and associated street sign and street light requests were a large part of the town board meeting. Syracuse resident Angie Beer was again present to voice her concern about traffic in an alley by her home in Wawasee Village. She requested that a three-way stop be established where the alley meets Maple Grove Street. Bob Ziller, town marshal, said he has personally been in the area to observe traffic in the alley since the April meeting. He stated there was little traffic and he didn’t see any children in the alley as Beer had mentioned. Beer received no solid answer to her question, “Who will be at fault if there’s an accident?” She said several times, “I don’t see

miscellaneous and underwriting fees. Gutman noted all figures were (Continued on page 2)

what the problem is with getting a few signs.” Board member Carol Koble said she used to walk in that area and agreed with Beer that there is sometimes high volume, fast traffic there.

'"wf * "V fIUI'Il 1 <ll h I .lir 1 il iij 1... *'% J 1 L llf7 // J / M • M f \J WE- < ON TO NATIONALS — Members of the Future Problem Solvers at Wawasee High School will be competing in the national competition to be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on. June 12-15. The topic for the nationals will be “Birth defects.” J They are shown with the trophy they won when they placed second in state competition. last week they received word they have been named as one of the top six out of 27 second place Stearns from across the nation.. With this honor came the invitation to participate in the nationals. Left to right are Dawn Speicher, Brad Gerstner, and David Schmahl. (Photo by Linda Musselman) ■ ’' W

MAD plans for BBQ

(By DEB PATTERSON Staff Writer

Workers and responsibilities were named for the annual Memorial Day Chicken Barbecue during last Saturday’s Milford Area Development Council, Inc., meeting. The barbecue will be from 11 a.m. until sold out at the Milford Community Building. Chicken will be served inside or can be carried-out. Betty Hall noted everything has been set and persons contacted. Elmer Sorensen will be in charge of getting the orange drink. Sorensen, Dick Smith, and Tom Sorensen will serve the chicken outside, while Don and Nancy Arnold will be responsible for ticket sales. Cakes will be baked by Nancy Replogle, Phyllis Sorensen, Leigh Ann Flenar, Linda Replogle, Carol Speicher and Willa Kuhns. Those serving and

Wysong resigns

Richard M. Wysong, area vocational director with the Wawasee Area Vocational Cooperative, has announced his resignation. Wysong, who has been in vocational education for 30 years, will officially resign in mid-June. Official action by the Wawasee Community School Board of Trustees is not expected to be taken until the next regular board meeting, June 14.

Applicant still wants to talk to attorney

What was originally planned as a special meeting to discuss the town’s position on substandard housing turned into a replay of what was aired at the Milford Town Board’s regular meeting last week. Town board members had originally hoped to meet with Town Attorney Bill Leemon about its legal boundaries in dealing with unsafe structures, but the attorney had a prior commitment and was unable to attend last Wednesday, May 11. Clerk-treasurer Monica Bice did report that she had talked to

After Beer said the hedge at her residence will be trimmed again to aid visibility, member Bill Hess stated he will work with Ziller and Joe Dock, utilities superintendent, to determine

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working inside the Milford Community Building will be Betty Smith, Bob and Betty Hall, Donn and Mary Kesler, John and Nancy Replogle and Phyllis Sorensen. The group will meet one hour prior to the Memorial Day parade to set up the tables. In other business it was announced the exterior walls of the community building had been cleaned and painted within the past month. ' Hall announced the Christmas decorations have been ordered and will be received on July 15. The Milford Kiwanis Club has agreed to coordinate the fund drive and will be asking for public donations, via mailing, the last of July or first of August. A total of $1,500 is needed for the new decorations. The next meeting of the MAD council will be on Saturday, June 11, at 9 a.m. in the community building. A committee will be established at this time to work on the Milford Area Recognition Banquet, honoring the Milford Emergency Medical Service.

Wysong has taken a position with Niblock Machinery, Inc., Elkhart, and will be responsible for sales in the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Area. Niblock Machinery. Iw., is an established distributor \of new and reconditioned machinery, machine rebuilding, and machinery supply. He and his wife, Dot, reside in Syracuse.

Leemon and another attorney and they confirmed that there was no law restricting the board from serving as building commissioner. She also stated that an individual building commissioner wouldn’t be liable for damages when carrying out his duties unless he did something inconsistent with the Indiana Code and ordinances applied toward unsafe structures. Nevertheless, an applicant for the position requested to talk with Leemon further before he made a decision on relieving the board of the position.

what signs, if any, should be used at the corner and inform Beer of the steps to be taken. Linda Neff also stated from the audience that there should be a (Continued on page 2)

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