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East Point council puts 1% water-and-sewer sales tax referendum on Nov. 4 ballot, caps proceeds at $35 million
Summary
The East Point City Council on Aug. 14 voted to place a municipal-option sales tax (MOST) referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot to extend a 1% tax for water and sewer projects, setting a maximum net-proceeds cap of $35 million and directing the city clerk to issue the call.
The East Point City Council voted Aug. 14 to place a municipal-option sales tax referendum on the Nov. 4, 2025, ballot to extend the imposition of a 1% water-and-sewer projects and costs tax and to cap the maximum net proceeds at $35 million.
The resolution directs the city clerk, acting as election superintendent, to issue the call for the referendum and sets a maximum time period for the proposed tax of four years. The ballot question approved by council will read, in substance, whether a 1% sales and use tax shall be imposed in the city of East Point for up to four years for the purpose of funding water and sewer projects and costs.
City staff and councilors said the $35 million cap replaces an earlier placeholder amount of $43,308,183 that had been included in the draft resolution. Melissa Echeverria, the city’s Water Resources Director, told the…
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