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Sumter County Council adopts resolution creating Capital Projects Sales Tax commission for November referendum

Sumter County Council · March 1, 2026

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Summary

Sumter County Council unanimously adopted R-22-02 to create a Capital Projects Sales Tax Commission under S.C. law and authorized placing a referendum question on the November 2022 ballot; the commission includes county, city and township appointees and will begin work in mid-March.

Sumter County Council voted unanimously March 8 to adopt R-22-02, a resolution creating a Capital Projects Sales Tax Commission and directing county officials to formulate a referendum question for the November 2022 ballot.

County Attorney Johnathan Bryan told council the resolution is authorized by S.C. Code Ann. 4-10-300 through 4-10-390 (2021) and describes the appointment, composition and duties of a commission to oversee proposed capital projects funded by a potential one-cent sales tax. The commission as ratified will include three appointees from Sumter County, two from the City of Sumter and one from Pinewood Township.

Vice Chairman James R. Byrd Jr. moved to adopt the resolution; Councilman Vivian Fleming McGhaney seconded the motion, and the measure passed on a unanimous voice vote. Chairman James T. McCain Jr. and the clerk were authorized to execute the resolution on the county’s behalf.

County Administrator Gary Mixon told council the Capital Projects Sales Tax Commission is scheduled to hold its first meeting on March 14, 2022. The commission’s work will be a preliminary step: any sales-tax measure would have to be placed on the ballot and approved by voters before funds could be collected or projects started.

No formal project list or cost estimates were included in the resolution as presented to council. The resolution sets the commission’s structure and charges but does not itself appropriate money or identify specific capital projects.

Next steps: the newly created commission will convene and begin formulating the ballot language and a prospective project list for public consideration before the November 2022 referendum.