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Show Board to hire inspector The Iron County School Board met Tuesday and approved a motion to hire a building inpector for the district. Board members felt that an on-site inspector in-spector would help insure building quality for structures being built for the district. Current district policy calls for an architect to oversee construction, which is difficult to do with the exception of a final inspection conducted con-ducted by the designing architect. The new inspector in-spector would provide the district with continual observance of con- i rrijB .h , 1 it y-r-y I -r- ,1 v- . :- f 'i 4 y- JL I struction from start to finish. Discussion in Tuesday's meeting also included a consideration to reduce the recreation levy and eliminate rebate to incorporated areas. This would then allow cities to increase their levy and raise their own recreation reevenue. A formal proposal relating to the issue was not acted upon pending further cooperation with county officials. In other business the Board heard a progress report on the "proposed remodeling of the Community Center for use by the Middle School. District Maintenance Supervisor Duane Raymer earlier provided several suggestions to help cut costs from the original job estimate of around $240,000. Following a plans review meeting by local building experts, nearly $100,000 was knocked-off from the original figure. The bulk of this savings came from Raymer's recommendations concerning con-cerning work to be done in the boiler room of the facility. The Board, in other action Purchased two school busses for $52,934 from Bryson Co. in Salt Lake City. Both were 84 passenger, diesel driven Bluebirds. Heard a report from District Carriculum Director O. Kent Hulet relating to district policies concerning graduation, drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Hulet had done previous research on the areas concerned and drafted a preliminary paper. Following refinement, a district policy will be announced concerning the areas researched. Discussed the security program of the District and heard reports concerning a recent visit to Salt Lake by Wayne Mifflin and District Deputy Donny Taylor. George and Fawn Rhoades, longtime residents of Cedar City, are the new owners of the Indian House at 121 N. Main. Mr. Rhoades was formerly ems' em-s' ployed by Utah International Inc. and worked in I their engineering and accounting departments. |