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Group seeks to fund education opportunities for students in Central Baldwin schools Posted
By John Underwood / john@gulfcoastmedia.com
ROBERTSDALE, Alabama A group in Central Baldwin has taken the first steps toward getting a property tax that would be used to fund education opportunities for local students.
At their regular meetings on Monday, May 3, both the Robertsdale City Council and Silverhill Town Council passed resolutions allowing for a referendum vote on a special 3-mil ad valorem tax that will be earmarked for the Central Baldwin Feeder Pattern.
In Robertsdale, administrators and educators from Robertsdale High School and Robertsdale Elementary School joined members of the Central Baldwin Education Foundation making the request to the city council.
By John Underwood / john@gulfcoastmedia.com
ROBERTSDALE, Alabama The Robertsdale City Council took a pair of actions a specially called meeting on Monday, Jan. 11 in order to replace a bus utilized by the city-run George P. Thames Adult Activity Center.
While the center has been closed for public use sine March of 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, staff and volunteers continue to serve older adults in the Robertsdale-area providing meals and transportation services to residents.
Under its “Transit Vehicle Disposition Replacement Policy” the Alabama Department of Transportation provides for the replacement of transit vehicles that have “exceeded the useful life threshold for age.”