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County staff outlines compressed timeline to place SPLOST continuation on November ballot
Summary
Deputy COO and legal staff briefed commissioners on Georgia SPLOST statutes and a tight calendar that pushes the county to decide on a citizens committee and municipal meetings quickly if it wants a referendum this November.
Clayton County Deputy Chief Operating Officer Landry Markerson and other staff briefed the Board on state statutes and a compressed timeline for placing a continuation of the county special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) on the November 2025 ballot.
The presentation reviewed the governing code sections—Georgia Code 48‑8‑110.1 and 48‑8‑111—and described key requirements: the governing authority must meet with municipalities at least 30 days before issuing a call for a referendum; notices to municipal chief elected officials must be sent at least 10 days before those meetings; SPLOST collections generally run for no more than five years, with a six‑year exception for certain level‑1 county projects; and a county may call for reimposition of an existing 1%…
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