The idea of diagonal parking along Main Street emerged during the April 3 council meeting when concerns about the loss of parking that would result from the streetscape bump outs were addressed.
According to Mitchell Area Safehouse officials’ letter to the city, the new building would allow its clients to have more space to social distance and quarantine as the COVID-19 pandemic still looms.
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Meeting in a virtual format Monday evening, the Mitchell Board of Education got its first look at the proposed 2021-22 budget for the Mitchell Board of Education and Mitchell Technical College. The budget is expected to be finalized in July. (Erik Kaufman / Republic)
The Mitchell Board of Education got its first look at the 2021-22 school year budget at its most recent meeting, and saw an increase coming for the district general fund and a lower capital outlay fund thanks to less need for technology upgrades in the coming year.
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Joe Graves, superintendent for the Mitchell School District, hands out meeting materials to Mitchell Board of Education members Neil Putnam and Deb Olson in this Mitchell Republic file photo. (Sara Bertsch / Republic)
The Mitchell Board of Education will perform a preliminary review of the 2021-22 school year budget at its next meeting.
The meeting, scheduled for Monday, May 10 at 5 p.m., will take place in a virtual format.
According to the agenda and materials for the meeting, the board will consider a general fund budget of $19,947,406 and a capital outlay budget of $4,572,770. Those are increases over the both funds from 2020-21, which came in at $19,718,176 and $3,547,269, respectively.
For the summer season, Jeremy Gunkel, owner of 2nd and Lawler Co., is seeking to build another outdoor eating deck along the sidewalk of East Second Avenue.