The first version of the agenda for the Greensboro City Council meeting at 5:30 pm. on Wednesday, Nov. 17 in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber has been released.
The current practice is to release a version of the agenda and then, up until hours before the meeting begins, subsequent versions – adding items and reports – will be released. So, while this agenda has the majority of what will be on the final agenda, it most likely is not the complete agenda for the meeting.
The City Council moved back into the Council Chamber this month and is holding “hybrid” meetings where councilmembers and the public may participate in person or via Zoom. People are asked to leave the Council Chamber after their item has been heard to allow for social distancing at the meeting. Masks are required except when a person is speaking at the podium.
The City Council is expected to approve the official resolution for the $135 million bond referendum, which includes $30 million in Housing Bonds, $70 million in Parks and Recreation Bonds, $14 million in Firefighting Facilities Bonds, $6 million in Law Enforcement Facilities Bonds and $15 million in Transportation Bonds.
Each of the bonds will be a separate item on the ballot which means voters will vote “Yes” or “No” on each bond, not on the entire package.
The bond resolution does raise an interesting question.
The resolution states, “A bond referendum is hereby called to be held between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at which there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the City the questions stated in the form of ballot set forth in Section 4 of this resolution.”
April 26, 2022 is the probable date of the City Council election but not the definite date. According to the state statute setting the municipal elections for the spring of 2022, those elections may be held on April 26, 2022, but if there is a primary runoff election for a US Senate seat or for a member of the US House of Representatives, the primary runoff and municipal elections will be held on May 17, 2022.
The resolution sets April 26 as the definite date of the bond referendum.
The Rhino Times requested clarification of this issue from the Greensboro City Attorney’s Office, but Veterans’ Day is a city holiday and no response was received in time for this publication.
Law enforcement bond: Yes
All other bonds: No…you will waste your tax dollars.
No on all of them, they need to cut unnecessary fluff to pay for the law enforcement portion. There’s enough pork spending in the city to feed the whole state for a year.
Shouldn’t that be $70 million for Law Enforcement and $6 million for Parks. Isn’t keeping our citizens safe more important than going to the park? If we don’t feel safe when we go to the park there will be no need for parks because people will be afraid to go to the parks. Of course this is command sense and the persons making these decision doesn’t have command sense. And WE, the citizens, really need more Law Enforcement.
How can you ask the citizens to spend by far the most money on parks and recreation bonds when so many other areas of service are lacking? This is just another boondoggle. PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS ITEM! P&R needs must be considered last only after all other problems have been taken care of.
Only in “woke” Greensboro will you find parks & recreation bonds at $70 mil, and police at $6 mil. What does that tell you?
In the next city election, vote everyone OUT!!!!!!!!!
Has anyone noticed that the City Council members keep voting THEMSELVES hundreds of thousands of dollars for causes that “THEY” have control over. Has anyone checked their bank accounts. Why are “THEY” not in jail. Why are they aloud to keep doing the citizens of Greensboro this way without being stopped. Why are there NO white men on the Council? Greensboro is a city where corruption flows deep and strong!!!