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Published on: 5/29/2009
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Steve Miller, assistant fire chief for the Newberry Springs Fire Department and member of the CSD, said once the district received the Kiewit donation, it was required to handle it as they would handle public funds.
The CSD couldn't just spend the money as it pleased, he said.
"We have one set of rules to go by and that's the government code," he said.
Miller and JoAnne Cousino, Newberry Springs General Manager, act as mediators between the CSD and the Senior Service Association.
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According to Miller, public funds can't be contracted to an organization to be used to pay off past debts.
When it requested the initial $20,000, the Senior Service Association included a list of how the money would be spent, on that list were several bills that are past due such as $589.13 to the Morgan Meat Company.
"We can't pay for the meat bill for the cafe," he said.