CHARLOTTE — A joint meeting between Mecklenburg County Commissioners and the CMS Board of Education was held on Saturday morning.
Saturday’s meeting allowed the county commissioners to get their first look at CMS’s request for a $2.9 billion referendum on the November ballot.
With voter support, CMS leaders say they feel confident the bond could be used to renovate, replace, or build 30 different schools within five years.
The bond needs to be approved by county commissioners before it can move forward, but members of both boards had their own hesitations about the capital improvement plan. The county commissioner’s chairman, George Dunlap, said he couldn’t see how this construction could be guaranteed due to the many other construction companies in the city.
“I want to know about our community’s capacity to build a $3 billion project over this life span when you’re competing with other construction activities in this community,” Dunlap said.
CMS Board of Education Vice Chair, Stephanie Sneed, questions the imbalance of the projects throughout the county.
“What is your response to when people look at these projects by district, it looks imbalanced, so can you explain why that is?” Sneed said.
(WATCH BELOW: CMS to vote on $2.9 billion taxpayer-funded bond for capital improvements)
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