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Upson County commissioners approve ballot question and intergovernmental agreement for 1¢ sales tax to fund property tax relief
Summary
The Upson County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at an emergency meeting to place a one-cent sales and use tax on the Nov. 4 ballot for five years and approved an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Thomaston to divide proceeds, with an initial 70/30 county-city split in 2026 and a digest-based formula thereafter.
The Upson County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 5 at an emergency meeting to place a 1¢ sales and use tax on the Nov. 4 ballot for five years and approved an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Thomaston to allocate the proceeds exclusively for property tax relief.
The ballot question will ask voters whether to impose the one-cent tax in a special district covering Upson County and the city of Thomaston for five years, with revenues restricted to property tax relief.
The intergovernmental agreement approved by the…
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