On Schools: How They Voted

The Sumner County Commission approved two major expenditures on Monday night. First, they approved a $70 million bond that will, among other things, fund a renovation and building project at schools across the county.

Here's an outline of the building program.

Here's how County Commissioners voted:

YES votes were:
Jerry Foster
Baker Ring
JoAnne Kemp
Paul R. Goode
Scott Langford
Alan Driver
Leslie Powell Schell
Kevin Pomeroy
Patricia LeMarbre
Jerry Becker
Caroline S. Krueger
Michael Guthrie
Billy Geminden
Paul Decker
Chris Taylor
Bill Taylor
Bob Pospisil

NO votes were:
Merrol Hyde
Jim Vaughn
Steve Graves
Mike Akins
Moe Taylor
Ben Harris
Larry Hinton

The next issue relevant to schools was a vote to purchase land for a new school campus to house an elementary, middle, and high school near Cottontown that is expected to be needed in the next 5-7 years.

Here's the vote breakdown:

YES votes were:
Larry Hinton
Jerry Foster
Baker Ring
JoAnne Kemp
Paul R. Goode
Scott Langford
Alan Driver
Leslie Powell Schell
Kevin Pomeroy
Patricia LeMarbre
Caroline S. Krueger
Michael Guthrie
Billy Geminden
Paul Decker
Chris Taylor
Bill Taylor
Bob Pospisil

NO votes were:
Merrol Hyde
Jim Vaughn
Mike Akins
Moe Taylor
Jerry Becker

Abstaining votes:
Steve Graves
Ben Harris

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