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Council debate intensifies over Capital Projects Sales Tax; residents press for rural road funding
Summary
Councilman Carlton Washington pushed Sumter County Council to press the Capital Projects Sales Tax Commission for significantly higher rural road allocations, proposing a $26 million target; council members debated competing priorities and residents urged road repairs during public comment.
A prolonged exchange at the March 22 Sumter County Council meeting focused on how much the county should press the Capital Projects Sales Tax Commission (CPSTC) to dedicate to rural road resurfacing.
Councilman Carlton B. Washington urged the county to ask the CPSTC to dedicate at least $26,000,000 for rural road resurfacing and paving, proposing that the commission add $13,000,000 left unspent from the first CPST cycle to $13,000,000 in the upcoming cycle. Washington framed roads as the county's number‑one service priority for rural districts and noted the Commission will narrow requests submitted (he described the process as paring…
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