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Pickens County commissioners approve agreement and call Nov. 5 referendum for 1% transportation sales tax
Summary
The Pickens County Board of Commissioners approved an intergovernmental agreement and passed two resolutions to place a 1% transportation special‑purpose local‑option sales tax on the Nov. 5, 2024 ballot to fund road, bridge and drainage projects; the board then authorized the chairman to sign the agreement and entered executive session on property acquisition.
Pickens County commissioners voted unanimously in a special‑call meeting to approve an intergovernmental agreement and to place a proposed 1% transportation special‑purpose local‑option sales tax on the Nov. 5, 2024 ballot.
Chairman (identified in the transcript as Speaker 2) told the board the agreement sets how proceeds from the proposed tax would be used and distributed among participating governments, and described project categories submitted for inclusion: road paving, patching and resurfacing, widening, intersection and crosswalk improvements, drainage work, guardrail replacement and airport infrastructure.
The chair said the package estimates $50,000,000 in revenue over a period not to exceed five years. He described planned allocations and line items, including $13,500,000 toward items tied to the statewide strategic…
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