schoolbusgenericJamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday, received preliminary figures for a new bus contract that would cost around $100,000 more than the previous year.

Dietrich & Sons Inc., General Manager, Brian Yanish said the Valley City-based bus company tis due to complete its six-year contract with Jamestown Public Schools in May.

He said that Dietrich & Sons bills on a rate-per-mile basis which was no longer working.

The flat-rate contract amounts to roughly a $2,000 per route annual increase, with the biggest change in the city routes that are currently half the price of of the rural routes. It also accounts for increases in driver training, safety and administering to sudden changes in routes.

Superintendent Rob Lech said that “Right now this is just information without a recommendation.”

School Board Vice President Heidi Larson recommended setting up a task force to study the proposal. Yanish agreed to submit a side-by-side comparison of both types of contracts to compare actual costs.

In other business, the School Board recognized former School Resource Officer Nick Hardy, now a detective at Jamestown Police Department. Hardy introduced JPD officer Andrew Staska, who will assume the school resource officer duties in February.

The meeting was recorded by CSi 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL with showings starting Tuesday.