Central City News

CENTRAL — Central High School graduated 262 seniors in ceremonies Monday night at Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker. Central schoosl Supt. Mike Faulk celebrated the fact that this senior class is the first to go all the way through high school since the Central Community School System was created on July 1, 2007. The […]

Photo: David Ratcliff of IBTS CENTRAL — The Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) has won the City of Central’s City Services contract, the Mayor’s Committee on City Services decided at a meeting Tuesday night. CH2MHILL, the $6 billion international corporation based in Denver, Colorado, which has provided City Services since 2008, was expected […]

CENTRAL — CH2MHILL’s efforts to keep the master privatization agreement for the City of Central ran into problems Monday night when Mayor Mac Watts’ Committee on City Services balked at allowing the firm to lower its bid by $1.7 million. When proposals were opened last Wednesday, the low bidder for the five-year contract was IBTS […]

BAKER — One year ago, Bethany World Prayer Center in Baker was packed for the 2010 Central High School graduation ceremonies.  Now you can see exclusive, never-before-published photos of that event here at www.centralcitynews.us. At the ceremonies, 236 graduates walked across the stage to the applause of 4,000 people who packed the sanctuary.  The valedictorian […]

CENTRAL — The public will probably be excluded again this afternoon when the Mayor’s Committee on City Services meets at 5 p.m. this afternoon at City Hall, 13421 Hooper Road, Suite 8.  After the closed door meeting, the committee could make its decision on a City Services contractor. The Central City News was not provided […]

CENTRAL — More than 3,000 people participated in the annual Festival of the Two Rivers this past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and School on Greenwell Springs Road. The event brought the community together for good food, rides, and entertainment.  It raised money for St. Alphonsus church and school and for […]

CENTRAL —  Friday, May 13, 2011.  Mayor Mac Watts’ Committee on City Services and a room full of spectators heard four contractors vying for Central’s City Services contract make presentations on their companies this morning. But when it came time to ask questions of the contractors, the committee voted unanimously to clear the public from […]

CENTRAL — Four experienced national firms have submitted proposals to provide City Services in the City of Central.  The four are: • Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) • Severn Trent Services • Central Municipal Services Group, formed by CSRS • CH2MHILL, the current contractor IBTS. For more information on the low bidder, IBTS, […]

CENTRAL — The new Central Community School Board took over the public schools in Central on July 1, 2007.  The first day of class for the new school system was Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. On that morning, the first student to arrive at Central High School was a perky new 9th grader from Texas named […]

CENTRAL — When the bids for Central’s City Services contract were opened last week, the current contractor, CH2MHILL, had the most expensive proposal — $2.7 million higher than the low bidder, IBTS, for the five-year contract. The other two bidders, CSRS and Severn Trent, also had bids lower than CH2MHILL. But the bid documents do […]