Council wants accountability from school board on project
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(Carmen Rodgers) Members of the audience listened intently to mayor Johnny Hammock and councilman Bill Godwin at the July 16 BOE meeting, which held at the Career Tech building on Gilmer Ave.

Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock told the city’s school board he and the city council want accountability for funds the school system has received for new construction and reiterated the administration is losing patience because of what it said is a lack of communication.

The city has been funding its school system with a 1-cent sales tax since 1991, when plans for a new elementary school were developed. In addition, the city passed a 1-cent sales tax increase for the Elmore County portion of the city last year split evenly between the city and the school system. The school system gets $1.4 million in funding from the sales taxes each year.