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Clawson Public Schools’ bond to appear on Aug. 3 ballot
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CLAWSON On March 29, Clawson Public Schools submitted its bond proposal to the Michigan Department of Treasury, and the school board unanimously voted to approve the plan May 3.
The issue will appear on the Aug. 3 ballot. If approved by Clawson voters, the 30-year bond would provide no increase to residents’ current tax rate and generate $55.9 million to create a central campus and early childhood center with improvements across the district.
“The bond will bring in about $54 million that we can spend (after an early insurance payment),” CPS Superintendent Tim Wilson said in a presentation during the virtual Clawson City Council meeting June 1.
Clawson Mayor Reese Scripture resigned in the middle of the meeting, citing frustrations with the budget process and claiming the administration had created a conflict of interest for her with her day job with the IRS.
Reese Scripture said she wanted her part-time job back. The council agreed Tuesday, noting a legal opinion that it had never formally accepted her resignation.
Clawson mayor who resigned, then changed her mind, gets her job back
Reese Scripture is again the mayor of Clawson.
Scripture resigned nearly a month ago. But in mid-May, she changed her mind, citing an obscure city council rule that she said allowed her to return. She also said dozens of residents told her they wanted her back at the city’s helm. On Tuesday night, she became mayor again.
Shortly after Clawson City Council convened Tuesday night, in a virtual meeting online, the group revealed a legal opinion supporting Scripture’s return.
“Welcome back,” said council member Paula Millan as she relinquished the mayor’s job she’d held since Scripture’s resignation, going back to her former title: mayor pro tem.