Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Bessemer school board sets budget

By IAN MINIELLY

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BESSEMER — The Bessemer Area School District board of education met Monday after holding a Truth in Taxation meeting to discuss next years millage and debt retirement rate. The board set the Non-Homestead Operating Millage at 17.9694, which according to Chris Bergquist has not changed in years and set the A.D. Johnston debt retirement millage at 2.45.

Jim Partanen, briefing for the finance committee highlighted the 2016-17 Food Service budget came in with $278 in the black, which none of the school board members could remember having happened i...