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other expenses, according to Dee Hall, the town’s finance officer.
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according to McIntyre’s presentation. Earlier in the meeting, the council learned the cost of extending water lines to Summerfield from Greensboro or Reidsville would range from $24 million to $27 million – with no guarantee it wouldn’t go higher if Summerfield leaders decide to pursue the project. Inflation is “absolutely crazy these days,” Bryan Jann, a principal with Freese and Nichols, the engineering firm that prepared the water lines study, told the council.
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“We did a cost estimate based on the best information that we have today,” Jann said. Noting the unpredictability of labor, supply chain and other costs, he added, “It doesn’t mean that it won’t change next week.”
In Oak Ridge and Summerfield, leaders are defraying costs of big projects with state grants and appropriations and federal COVID-19 relief funds. Even so, citing inflation, the councils in the two towns adopted budgets last month that left intact property tax rates, despite Guilford County’s reappraisal of property leading to higher valuations. In Oak Ridge, rising expenses for building materials and labor are also boosting estimated costs for big projects. The projected cost for the Veterans Honor Green rose by 29% from $150,000 to $194,000, Patti Dmuchowski, chair of the town’s Special Events Committee, reported to the Oak Ridge council May 5. The committee is leading fundraising for the veterans’ site planned for Heritage Farm Park.
In May, the Summerfield council halted plans to build a new town hall after estimated costs climbed to nearly $4.8 million, surpassing the original budget of $3.5 million. Before the council stopped the project, Summerfield spent $268,207 on design, construction planning and
Development of the park is Oak Ridge’s biggest capital project, with an appropriation of $3.66 million in the budget for the fiscal year starting this Friday, July 1. “The true cost will be known when the project is put out to bid in the next few months,” Town Manager Bill Bruce said in an email earlier this week. “Given the many economic uncertainties at this time, we have not attempted to update those costs.’’
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JUNE 30 - JULY 6, 2022
The Northwest Observer
Six candidates seek vacant Summerfield council seat by CHRIS BURRITT
SUMMERFIELD – A former Town Council candidate, the Planning Board’s vice chair and two Henson Farms homeowners are among six candidates vying to fill the council’s vacant seat. The candidates seeking to replace former council member John O’Day, who •resigned Totallyfrom local thesince council1996 May 4 after he
and his wife, Kelly, sold their Summerfield home and moved to High Point, are: • Greg Fox, who ran for a seat on the council in November 2021, as part of a “no planned development” slate that included former mayor Gail Dunham and council member Teresa Perryman. • Jeff Davis, vice chair of the Planning Board.
