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Clayton County officials set accelerated SPLOST timeline, ask commissioners for individual project meetings
Summary
County staff outlined a compressed SPLOST 2026 schedule meant to meet state election deadlines, asking commissioners to meet individually to pare a $600–655 million project list ahead of an August referendum call.
Clayton County officials told the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday they are preparing an accelerated timeline to place a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) question on the November ballot and asked commissioners to meet individually to prioritize a large project list.
The county’s deputy chief operating officer for development, Landry Murchison, said the county must notify the elections board and meet statutory notice windows to remain in compliance with state timelines. “There’s $600,000,000 worth of projects on this list, that we need to go through with you,” Murchison said, adding staff has been working with municipal partners and the county SPLOST team to refine projects.
Murchison described a compressed schedule built around an Elections Board meeting moved to Friday, Aug. 8; he asked the board to hold a…
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