DeKalb To Use Stimulus Bonds After All
Decatur Metro | September 28, 2010The AJC reported just moments ago (the immediacy of the internet is so dramatic isn’t it?) that the DeKalb County Commission has voted to use $36 million in Federal Stimulus bonds (with subsidized interest), instead of pass them up, as was originally reported a couple weeks back.
According to an earlier AJC article the cash breakdown will be…
- $29.5 million for water and sewer upgrades (A drop in the water-system bucket for sure. You’ll still see a huge hike in your water rates in the coming years.)
- $4 million to renovate the Recorders Court
- $1.5 million for a new building to relocate the DeKalb Police Department from Dunwoody to “the Druid Hills area”.
- $1 million to build a family protection center
The money suddenly became open to new possibilities when the GM plant redevelopment deal fell through.