The Pharmacy at Price Chopper held a ribbon cutting ceremony last week, hosted by the Platte City Chamber of Commerce. Pictured were pharmacy officials Dan Thompson, Rick Carter–owner; and Jessi Brooks. The pharmacy operates inside the new Price Chopper store at 2600 Ensign Hill Drive, Platte City.
He has announced his retirement and his replacement has been hired, but he isn’t really going away. According to documents acquired by The Landmark via Sunshine request, The Platte County R-3 School Board on Feb. 26 agreed with Dr. Mark Harpst on a deal to pay him $2,000 per month to perform duties as a “financial consultant” for two years. The move to hire Harpst as financial consultant passed by a vote of 6-1, with board member Trish Stinnett opposed. There is no minimum number of hours that Harpst must work spelled out in the agreement. Harpst will also get $26,000 in “transitional duties,” as the district transitions to the newly-hired Mike Reik as superintendent on July 1. Though the deal with Harpst was cut five weeks ago, no announcement of the agreement had been made by R-3. School leaders, after realizing The Landmark had acquired the information and would be reporting the news in this week’s edition, sent out an email to staff late Monday informing them of the board’s intent to “retain Dr. Mark Harpst as a consultant.”