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Council reaffirms MSBA submission and splits $1 million school-design appropriation into three votes
Summary
Lawrence City Council re-read MSBA-required language and voted to split and reaffirm a $1,000,000 appropriation into three parts to fund schematic design/feasibility work for Arlington School windows ($400,000), Frost School roof ($300,000), and South Lawrence East roof ($300,000).
The Lawrence City Council voted Feb. 17 to reaffirm and split a previously approved $1,000,000 appropriation requested by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) into three separate votes so the city could satisfy MSBA language requirements.
Jason Cabrera, chief financial officer for Lawrence Public Schools, described timing and certification needs. Councilors suspended rules to allow the item to be split and asked that the MSBA-provided motions be…
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