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Residents urge Boyne City board to scale back $24 million bond proposal to core needs
Summary
During public comment residents urged the board to prioritize maintenance and elementary reorganization over discretionary projects in a proposed $24 million bond, suggesting a trimmed ask of about $18 million to limit taxpayer impact.
Multiple residents urged the board to pare back the proposed $24,000,000 bond to focus on essential maintenance and elementary reorganization rather than discretionary projects. Chris Bridgeton of Wayne City told the board he is not opposed to a bond but flagged cumulative taxpayer asks, noting prior bond totals and urging the district to "address what our needs are and scale this bond request back to $18,000,000." He cited the 2016 bond ($10,315,000) and the 2020 proposal ($26,285,000) to make a case for limiting future requests.
Another resident, Chuck, said donors had at one time offered to fund a field house without tax dollars and asked the board to be explicit about which projects are needs versus wants. Erin, who identified herself as an educator and parent, argued that reorganizing elementary learning spaces is a need to support hands-on instruction and special education. "We do not have enough space in those rooms," Erin said, urging the board to support investments that strengthen early education.
