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Commissioners approve $1.44M county share of school reimbursement; debate drawdown of $31,417 in lottery funds for gym intercom

Beaufort County Board of Commissioners · April 6, 2026
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Summary

The board approved reimbursement request #16 for Washington Elementary (project ~70% complete; county share about $438,000 of the invoice and $6.4M to date). Separately, staff sought to draw $31,417.66 in restricted lottery funds for a John Small Elementary gym intercom; commissioners questioned costs, asked for school representation, and a motion to table generated procedural dispute before votes were recorded.

Beaufort County commissioners signed off on reimbursement request #16 for the new Washington Elementary School project and discussed a separate lottery fund drawdown for a gym intercom at the new John Small Elementary.

Anita presented reimbursement #16, showing an invoice of about $2,000,279.62 with the grant paying roughly $1,000,008.48 and the county share approximately $438,000 drawn from the $10 million…

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