School board takes step to approve bus contract

Jamestown (CSi) During a Special Meeting of the Jamestown Public School Board, Monday, members on an 8-0 vote approved a seven year bus contract with Dietrich and Sons Inc.

Board Member Heidi Larson was not present.

The agreement established the bus rates for five city and nine rural bus routes for three years.

The following four years is open to talks.

The school board will review the formal document at the June 20, 2016 board meeting.

In other business, the school board approved the 2016-17 bus fees.

The current rates of $30 per year for city students and no charge to rural students will be kept.