At last night’s meeting the Greensboro City Council voted 7-2 to authorize city staff to search for and select a design company to run water and sewer lines to the proposed Randolph County megasite. Council members tony Wilkins and Marikay Abuzuaiter were the ‘no’ votes.
Estimated cost to run water and sewer into Randolph County is $22 million. Council members voting in support emphasized that this is merely the first step and that the council was spending no money at this time. As you’ve no doubt been reading, a lot can happen regarding the City Council as city staff works through the process of selecting a design firm —council member Sharon Hightower alone will slow the process when assuring MWBE compliance— but does anyone how this council —if left intact by surviving either the upcoming municipal election or Sen. Trudy Wade’s restructuring bill —would vote as the process moves forward?
