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rently pay a flat rate, he said. Dr. Gangel also proposes that the county increase the percentage of the single subscriber’s premium over a period of years to 100 percent. “Health insurance is an important part of the salary package we can offer prospective employees,” he said.
Another increase the county can expect, if not this year then surely next year, will come in the cost of replacement buses. The firm that has been supplying the school bus bodies does not expect any companies to be building gasoline-powered chassis for school buses after April.
In the current budget, $50,000 is allocated for two replacement buses. If the system has to shift to dieselpowered buses. Dr. Gangel told the board members this figure will increase to at least $55,000. There might later be a savings on fuel and maintenance costs, he said.
Another increase in costs to the school system will come in the form of electronic mail. The State Department of Education is phasing out its use of the postal service and switching to sending information to the school system by computer. As long as all the information was also coming by mail. Dr. Gangel told the
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