Hardin-Houston Board considers baseball field

Source: http://ift.tt/2gyAB2H --- Friday, October 20, 2017
HOUSTON — The Hardin-Houston Board of Education met Monday, Oct. 16, to discuss the five-year forecast for the district’s budget. Treasurer Amy Ayers presented the budget. She noted several items of importance in the report, especially the growth of total cash balance in the budget over the past 17 years. In 2000, the district had $669,900 at the end of the year. This year, the district is projected to have $5,289,818. Ayers did not take any responsibility for the growth, saying that it was mostly luck and good timing. She noted that 56 percent of the district’s revenue is from unrestricted aid and 47 percent of expenses is from salaries. The board approved the forecast and several other financial items. Those items included the monthly financial reports, the 2017-2018 tuition rate of $3,954.30, the budget and purpose statements, a contract to continue working with Minster Bank and the appropriation of $115,000 for the 21st Century grant. John Freytag of Freytag and Associates presented plans for a new Baseball diamond at the request of Ryan Maier, high school principal. Maier noted that the district has spent a total of $1.72 million on athletic and outdoor improvements recently, including the new high school gym, greenhouse and track. The proposed Baseball field would cost from $890,000 to $960,000. The field would include a well for irrigation, a concession stand, a press box, two dugouts, infrastructure for future lighting a ...

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