Friday, July 13, 2012
The Kirkwood representative talks challenges, strategies and residents' concerns.
We caught up with Rep. Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) after he was selected to chair the Missouri House Budget Committee. 1. Patch: Why are you excited about this decision? Stream: It’s an honor to be selected by Rep. Jones, the presumptive Speaker, to chair the House Budget Committee. It’s a tremendous responsibility that I take very seriously. Thankfully, the House Budget staff is excellent and I will be assisted by very capable members of the House. As a member of the House Budget Committee for 6 years and 4 years as the Vice-Chairman, I have become familiar with the state budget. I also have 30 years of federal government budget experience as well as 12 years working with school district budgets while on the Kirkwood School Board. 2. …
Monday, July 9, 2012
Monday's selection was based on the Kirkwood representative's fiscally responsible approach to the budgetary process.
Current Majority Floor Leader and Speaker-Designate of the Missouri House of Representatives, Rep. Tim Jones (R-Eureka), announced on Monday his selection of Rep. Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood), to chair the House Budget Committee for the 97th General Assembly. Jones also selected Rep. Tom Flanigan (R-Carthage), to serve as vice chairman of the Budget Committee, and tapped Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane), to chair the House Rules Committee. Jones stated in a Monday announcement the choice to name Stream as the chair of one of the legislature’s most important and influential committees is based on Stream’s deep experience as vice chairman of the committee and his fiscally responsible approach to the budgetary process. As Budget Committee chairman…
Sunday, June 19, 2011
The district’s 2011-2012 budget reflects more than $2 million in cuts and a drop in projected revenue.
Kirkwood School Board members recently approved a 2011-2012 budget that reflects cuts aimed at reducing district expenditures, as well as a projected drop in operational fund revenue. The budget, approved by the board last Monday, includes about $2.3 million in reduction efforts, the majority of which comes from the district’s Early Retirement Incentive Program (ERIP) and staffing reductions, which account for an approximately $1.9 million in savings for Kirkwood schools. The district enhanced an early retirement package for teachers and provided a first-time early retirement incentive for support staff that extended health insurance benefits for employees two years after their resignation. Forty staff members have decided to retire early …
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Kirkwood School District R-7
11289 Manchester Rd, Saint Louis, MO
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The city looks to move forward with improvements to police, fire and roads.
Webster Groves unveiled its nearly $29 million proposed 2012 budget at a recent public hearing. With funding for upgrades to the city’s police and fire departments, major road projects and healthy expenditures versus revenues, the city looks to be in strong financial shape for 2012. The city will carry forward $188,188 to balance the current year budget with revenue and transfers to the city’s general fund totaling $14,836,901 and expenditures totaling $15,025,089. The budget projects a general fund end of year reserve of $11,209,236. Revenues and expenditures in the city’s general fund increased slightly for fiscal year 2012 compared to fiscal year 2011. The proposed budget maintains all city services, Director of Finance Joan Jadali …
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Webster Groves City Hall
4 E Lockwood Ave, Saint Louis, MO
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Kirkwood School Board members heard presentations on some of the school district's special programs at its meeting earlier this week.
The Kirkwood School Board evaluated the performance of special district programs, such as ATLAS, VISTA and ELL, at its meeting earlier this week. Romona Miller, assistant principal at Kirkwood High School, and Kelly Nevins, ATLAS department chair, presented a report on the Alternatives Toward Learning and Success program, known as ATLAS at the past meeting of the Kirkwood School Board. There are currently 86 students enrolled in ATLAS, attending special after-school and summer programs to help them recover lost credit and get back on track to academic success. Students apply to the ATLAS program for a variety of reasons, from disability to family illness to teen parenthood. The program offers small class sizes and a 1:6 teacher-student …
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Kirkwood School District R-7
11289 Manchester Rd, Saint Louis, MO
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Kirkwood School Board approved a 1.29 percent increase in the teacher salary budget at its meeting Monday night.
The Kirkwood School District will fund a 1.29 percent increase in the teacher salary budget for the 2011-2012 school year, in spite of a school district proposal to trim more than $2 million from its operating expenses. The increase is part of a 2 percent total boost to teacher salary packages, which include district contributions to employee health insurance and retirement programs. “We believe this package will allow us to attract and maintain the best teachers in St. Louis while being financially responsible,” assistant superintendent of human resources Jeanette Tendai told school board members at their meeting Monday night on behalf of the administration. Tendai said that the rate is competitive with districts that are Kirkwood schools…
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Kirkwood School District R-7
11289 Manchester Rd, Saint Louis, MO
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Friday, March 4, 2011
A possible restructuring of Kirkwood’s dispatch center has sparked an outcry from community members.
Residents packed Kirkwood City Hall Thursday night in an impressive display of support for police and fire dispatchers who fear that their jobs will be outsourced to St. Louis County police and fire. Five Kirkwood dispatchers stood next to 36-year dispatch veteran Jo Dawson as she beseeched councilors not to explore the possibility of restructuring services, during the public hearing portion of Thursday night’s meeting of the Kirkwood City Council. “Dispatchers are the first, and sometimes last, contact residents have with the police department,” Dawson said. “They are not economics. They are the voices and faces of the community.” Concern over restructuring surfaced among dispatchers, police officers and residents following Chief …
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Kirkwood City Hall
139 S Kirkwood Rd, Kirkwood, MO
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Renovations tentatively scheduled to begin Feb. 1.
The Webster Groves School District Board of Education awarded a contract to Marschel Wrecking for building improvements to Webster Groves High School at its meeting Monday night. Renovations are tentatively scheduled to begin Feb. 1 and will include the demolition of the high school’s annex and construction of an addition to the north end of the school. The contract marks one part of Prop W, a $36-million zero-tax-increase bond approved by voters this past April. The bid came in at $122,844, well under the projected cost of $167,430, according to Webster Groves School District Chief Financial Officer Diane Moore, who presented the bid proposal to board members Monday night. The building project entails asbestos removal and demolition of …
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Webster Groves High School
100 Selma Ave, Webster Groves, MO
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
As the Missouri legislature makes budget cuts its top priority, the Webster Groves School District is working to combat likely cuts in public education.
The Webster Groves School District spends approximately $11,000 on each student in a given year, according to Diane Moore, chief financial officer for the Webster Groves School District. The amount is likely to drop next year, she said. "We already get pretty minimal state funding as it is," Moore said. "Any reduction in our state funds would be harmful to us." As the Missouri legislature begins its next session amid a $500 million deficit, public education will be one of the first areas cut by the state. "Education is one of the highest funded mandates in the state, so it tends to take a beating in tough times," Moore said. The chief financial officer projects a 5 percent reduction in the budget for next year, although the number is only …
Tom Maher
3:15 pm on Saturday, July 14, 2012
Perhaps Mr. Stream might deign to answer emails from residents of the 90th (nee 94th). more ›