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Forsyth County officials briefed on $55,000 land purchase, $505,000 budget transfer for Ashley Elementary project
Summary
County staff and school-system representatives briefed county commissioners on a planned $55,000 purchase of a 0.13-acre parcel and a proposed $505,000 transfer from education capital project reserves to cover site and design costs for the new Ashley Elementary School; some commissioners objected to paying more than the property's tax value.
Forsyth County officials on Oct. 20 were briefed on a request from the Winston‑Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education to purchase a 0.13-acre parcel for $55,000 as part of the new Ashley Elementary School project and to amend the education capital projects ordinance to transfer $505,000 from a school budget reserve to the project.
County Deputy Finance Officer Lee Plunkett told commissioners the parcel is “a 0.13 acre vacant lot, and the purchase price is $55,000,” and described an accompanying ordinance amendment to move $505,000 from the 2023 two‑thirds general obligation bond budget reserve to cover the land purchase, $100,000 in construction administration fees and $350,000 in architect fees.
The transfer would leave about $16,500,000 in the 2023 bond budget reserve, Plunkett said. Daryl Walker, who answered…
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