Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger this morning recommended the commission issue short-term commercial paper debt to buy the David Brainerd School property.
There’s also the possibility the county may consider that route to pay for other school purchases as well.
The school board has made a $3.4 million offer to buy the property to alleviate overcrowding.
Some elected officials have discussed money from payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements to fund the purchase, and Commissioner Joe Graham said he’d still like to explore that idea. The school board will discuss the purchase at its meeting Thursday night, according to Gary Waters, school superintendent of auxiliary services.
“I just wanted to make the commission aware of how that process is playing out,” Coppinger told commissioners. “We’re prepared that we purchase property out of the commercial paper program we have.”