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Board approves $14,000 budget amendment to remove trees and pay for stormwater plan for soccer field
Summary
The South Carroll County Special School District board approved moving $14,000 to capital outlay to remove trees obstructing the planned soccer field and to pay for a stormwater-prevention plan; one board member said Major General Ross may help reduce tree-removal costs.
The South Carroll County Special School District Board of Education on May 15 approved a $14,000 budget amendment to capital outlay to support work tied to planned improvements at the district soccer field. The board voted to reallocate $10,000 for tree removal and $4,000 for a stormwater-prevention plan prepared through TLM.
Board Chairman Corey Bartholomew moved the amendment and Dr. Christy Blount seconded; the motion was approved. At the meeting, board member Tom Miller said the board is awaiting to hear whether Major General Ross can help the school reduce tree-removal costs by donating manpower or equipment. The transcript indicates that if the Major General can assist, the district might avoid the $10,000 removal cost.
Dr. Lisa Norris, the district director of schools, and board members discussed alternatives for field siting, and Miller suggested exploring a combined city-and-school project that might include cemetery-adjacent land if the district’s soccer-field plans do not proceed. Dr. Norris offered to attend a city council meeting if the board wants the district to pursue collaboration on fields.
The board did not attach additional conditions to the amendment at the meeting; no separate vote on contracting or vendor selection was recorded.
The amendment was recorded during the meeting’s new-business agenda and was incorporated into the district’s capital-outlay planning.
