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After more than a decade without one, the Greenwood School Board has established a staff compensation model to provide some consistency to how individual salaries are set. “After Act 10 (in 2011), a lot of salary schedules went out the window because there was no negotiation anymore. So, people were just hired at – so when we would hire somebody, we would just assign a salary based on what we thought or what we needed,” said District Administrator Joe Green. “So it created a bunch of inequity and imbalance in salaries. So we did a compensation model to bring all that back in and raise our base to try and be competitive in our area.”

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An ongoing discussion between the village and a landowner whose land was affected by the Dorchester lift station project that started in 2022 and was competed last year reached a breaking point at the village’s board meeting on May 8. Rodolfo Fuentes Leonor attended the village board meeting on May 8 to explain his frustrations with the way his property has been affected by this project. He told the board in a letter that he would like a payment of $10,000 to cover the issues with the property, along with the headaches it has caused along the way.

The Colby-Abbotsford Police Commission heard a pitch from Police Chief Alex Bowman to create a detective position within the department at the commission’s meeting on Monday, May 13. Bowman said the department has been busy with more in-depth calls as of late and could use a dedicated position for investigations.

The Thorp Courier

Thorp City Council met on Monday, May 13, and discussed several municipal projects for next year during its regular monthly meeting at Thorp City Hall. The council chose to begin the first steps in the process of examining street repairs for 2025. The board gave their approval to begin exploring cost estimates and potential funding with SEH. There will be no street repair projects in 2024 as the city is continuing to update its wastewater treatment plant.

On Friday, May 3, members of the Thorp Area Fire & Ambulance District gave a presentation to first graders from the Thorp Elementary School. With summer, and its dry, dusty and warm conditions just around the corner, firefighters from the district gave a presentation on the importance of fire safety.

School District of Thorp Superintendent Angie Hanlin informed the Board of Education at last Wednesday’s monthly meeting that the district will be reviewing its school safety plan. This will also include a full-scale safety audit, which is done every five years by the district, and active shooter training.

Stanley Republican

The (Stanley) council voted to approve the agreement with CBS Squared Inc., for professional services regarding reed bed planting for the city of Stanley wastewater treatment plant at a cost not to exceed $9,500. They also approved the agreement with Season’s Harvest Greenhouse and the City of Stanley regarding the reed bed planting for the City of Stanley Wastewater Treatment at a cost of $50,250.