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Jones County commissioners approve intergovernmental agreement and place 1% sales-tax question on Nov. 4 ballot
Summary
The Jones County Board of Commissioners voted to approve an intergovernmental agreement and a resolution to place a special 1% sales and use tax, conditioned on voter approval, on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot and authorized related general-obligation debt and an intergovernmental contract with the City of Grama.
The Jones County Board of Commissioners voted to approve an intergovernmental agreement and adopted a resolution to place a special 1% sales and use tax question on the Nov. 4, 2025, ballot, conditioned on approval by a majority of qualified county voters and to authorize related general-obligation debt and execution of an intergovernmental contract with the City of Grama.
County staff member Mr. Risner presented two documents to the board: an intergovernmental agreement and a resolution authorizing a special sales-and-use tax. “So, before you, mister chairman, you have the the 2 documents here. 1 is the intergovernmental agreement. One's the resolution, authorizing the, the splost. The city's projects have been inserted here. The county's projects, that were decided upon by the board earlier this week are are included here,” Mr. Risner said during the meeting.
After the presentation, a commissioner moved that the chairman be authorized to sign the intergovernmental agreement. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; the chairman then called for a motion to approve the resolution to impose and collect a special 1% sales and use tax, conditioned on voter approval. The chairman announced the motion and a second, and the board approved the resolution by voice vote.
The resolution, as read aloud at the meeting, conditions the county’s authority to levy and collect the tax on a majority vote of qualified Jones County voters in an election to be held Nov. 4, 2025, and authorizes the county to issue general-obligation debt tied to the measure. The resolution also authorizes the county to execute an intergovernmental contract with the City of Grama related to the matters described in the documents.
The board did not read the list of specific projects into the record during the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript; Mr. Risner said the city’s projects and the county’s projects previously decided by the board were included in the documents. Implementation of the tax and any related debt issuance is contingent on voter approval and any further administrative steps required after the election.
The board adjourned after the votes.
