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Dawson County and Dawsonville approve SPLOST 8 intergovernmental agreement; county 4-0, city 2-1
Summary
Dawson County and the City of Dawsonville approved a proposed SPLOST 8 intergovernmental agreement to place a six-year special-purpose local option sales tax before voters; the package totals $76.6 million with an 88/12 split (county $67.4M; city $9.2M) and funds parks, public safety, roads, elections and other projects.
A joint meeting of the Dawson County Board of Commissioners and the Dawsonville City Council voted Wednesday to approve an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to place SPLOST 8 — a proposed six-year special-purpose local option sales tax — on the ballot.
Chairman (name not stated) told the joint session the proposed SPLOST 8 would generate an estimated $76,600,000 and recommended an 88 percent allocation to Dawson County and 12 percent to the City of Dawsonville, equal to $67,400,000 for the county and $9,200,000 for the city. "That's how it will be allocated," the chairman said during the presentation.
Why it matters: County and city officials said the package bundles multiyear capital needs into one referendum so voters can approve an overall program of parks, public safety, transportation and facility projects rather than separate funding measures.
County project highlights: County staff summarized the largest…
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