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Watertown board approves tax turnover, audits and multiple consent items; adopts $16 minimum wage compliance
Summary
The Watertown City School District board approved the consent agenda and multiple action items including turning over $1.234M in uncollected taxes to city/county treasurers, awarding hazardous-materials testing ($13,900), approving the single audit, personnel actions (including an extracurricular wellness coach), and aligning hourly rates with a $16 minimum wage effective Jan. 1, 2026.
The Watertown City School District Board of Education approved a series of action items and consent items at its meeting held at Sherman Elementary.
On a motion approved by voice vote, the board accepted a tax-collection report (as of Dec. 5, 2025) and resolved to send unpaid city property taxes and the outside-city portions to the City Comptroller and Jefferson County treasurer, respectively. The tax collector’s report in the meeting record listed total uncollected taxes and interest as $1,234,219.64.
The board awarded hazardous-materials testing contracts needed for the voter-approved capital project to the lowest responsive bidder (Energy and Environment) for $13,900 to conduct testing at Ohio and Starbuck Elementary schools. Superintendent Dr. Larry Schmeagel said the testing is required to move the…
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