{"id":21187,"date":"2014-03-18T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=21187"},"modified":"2014-03-18T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T22:50:47","slug":"commission-roundup-county-school-board-sign-building-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/2014\/03\/18\/commission-roundup-county-school-board-sign-building-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission Roundup: County, School Board Sign Building Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wake County’s new manager made an appearance at his first Board of Commissioners meeting Monday. <\/p>\n

James Hartmann will begin his duties April 14, and Commissioners approved his contract at Monday’s regular meeting. <\/p>\n

\"Jim_Hartmann\"<\/a>

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Hartmann was hired in February to fill the vacancy left by former County Manager David Cooke. Cooke retired in November after more than a decade in the position. <\/p>\n

\u201cYour previous manager did a great job for 13 years and I hope to replicate that,\u201d Hartmann said. <\/p>\n

Deputy County Manager Joe Durham has been filling the position on an interim basis while Commissioners waded through the hiring process. <\/p>\n

Hartmann was previously the manager of Seminole County, Fla. and was selected from a pool of almost 60 applicants. <\/p>\n

Hartmann will be paid $220,000 per year, plus benefits and a $6,000 yearly car allowance.<\/p>\n

County and School Board Sign Construction Oversight Agreement <\/strong>
\nThe Wake County School Board and Board of Commissioners have created a joint committee that will advise and oversee school construction and design and school land acquisition. <\/p>\n

The Joint School Facilities Core Team is made up of staff members from the county and school district who will meet on a regular basis to discuss plans and endeavors related to building schools in Wake County. The joint team has 30 days to come up with a written process that outlines the collaboration process. <\/p>\n

Commissioners and school board members have had a tumultuous relationship recently; much of the tension stems from either school construction or purchasing land for future schools. The Republican-lead Board of Commissioners lobbied the General Assembly last year for a local law that would put more control of school construction in their hands, but the bill was never passed. <\/p>\n

The School Board is responsible for building and renovating school buildings, but needs financial approval from the Board of Commissioners, which oversees the school district\u2019s finances. <\/p>\n

The School Board approved the agreement earlier this month.
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\nEast Raleigh School Property Approved<\/strong>
\nWhile not under the purview of the new joint team, Commissioners approved purchasing a 20-acre piece of property for a future elementary school. <\/p>\n

The future school will be located at 201 N. Rogers Lane in east Raleigh. <\/p>\n

The property cost $1.5 million, but an additional $3.8 million will be needed for site development. <\/p>\n

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Wake County Commissioners Monday approved a contract for the new county manager, an interlocal agreement with the school board and a new elementary school in east Raleigh. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24029,"featured_media":21188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34,15],"tags":[1587,1588],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}