Commissioners may take the first step later this month of borrowing up to $250 million for a series of school construction projects, which Superintendent Justin Robertson said would be the largest bond issue in the history of Hamilton County Schools.
Hamilton County commissioners Tuesday waded into the upcoming union vote at Volkswagen Chattanooga, with some officials staking out sides amid an increasingly contentious run-up to the election later this month.
Aiming to prevent too much political influence from seeping into the board, Hamilton County will have a new audit committee consisting of four outside members with expertise in public finance.
After officials last week postponed efforts to rezone a swath of the former McDonald Farm, Hamilton County commissioners expressed a range of opinions Wednesday about the property, stressing the need to preserve at least some of the land for job creation while also urging careful forethought on potential uses.