Lined up and waiting for students.
POTTSTOWN PA – Buses in the Pottsgrove School District will keep rolling during the 2010-2011 school year at an additional cost of about 2.2 percent, under a new contract with CMD Services Inc., 902 Farmington Ave., Pottstown PA, unanimously approved Tuesday (April 13, 2010) by the district Board of School Directors at its meeting at Ringing Rocks Elementary School.
Board members accepted, without comment, a schedule that pays CMD a management fee of $113,0000 during the next school year, an increase of $2,400 or 2.17 percent over the current-year rate.
In addition, the district will pay CMD drivers an hourly rate of $16.70, up 2.45 percent from $16.30; and will pay $60.70 hourly for maintenance and labor work, up 2.01 percent from $59.50. The usage cost for buses, $67, and for vans and a food truck, $43.50, remains unchanged.
For separately contracted vehicles under the CMD agreement, the district will pay slightly more in mileage costs, 86 cents per, up 1.18 percent from 85 cents; and in hourly labor, at $27.15, up 2.45 percent from $26.50.
The district’s 2009-2010 budgeted public and non-public transportation costs totaled about $2.2 million, and represented about 4 percent of its overall expenses, according to budget documents.
CMD has been the district’s busing contractor for many years. Founded in 1979, it is privately held and employs about 75 full- and part-time workers, according to a Manta business report.
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