MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. -- Towns who pushed for House Bill 514 aren't feeling very included after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School board voted on an act to try and do just that. 

• Local leaders say they didn't see the act until after the vote
• Some say the bill prioritizes capital spending
• RELATED: HB 514 passes State House

Many mayors and local leaders said they didn't see the Municipal Concerns Act until after the Tuesday vote or Wednesday morning.

"Complete shock, surprise and disappointment for me," said Huntersville Mayor John Aneralla. 

Aneralla says he talked with Superintendent Dr. Clayton Wilcox and Board Chair Mary McCray about communicating post-bill passage, but heard nothing about this. He's takes issue with article 2, which says the district is prioritizing capital spending in towns that weren't part of the house bill.

"Doesn't seem fair that our tax dollars could go to CMS and no tax dollars would come back here," Anaralla said.

Former North Carolina Board of Education member and current Mecklenburg County Commissioner Jim Puckett says CMS leaders are just digging a deeper hole.

"The fact the towns had to seek legislation to build schools because CMS would not do it is the problem," Puckett explained. "They're reacting to a problem they themselves built."

Superintendent Wilcox, tasked with completing a feasibility report as part of the act, issued a lengthy statement saying in part, "We do this work best when we do it together. We will likely fail to match the beauty of our student’s dreams with divisive rhetoric. We all have to walk the walk of sharing a future together."