Whitfield County to place SPLOST referendum on May 21, 2024 ballot, board says
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Chairman Jevin Jensen told the Whitfield County Board the county will adopt a SPLOST referendum at its January meeting for placement on the May 21, 2024 ballot, saying roads and public works make up 86% of the requests for the proposed tax.
Chairman Jevin Jensen said the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners plans to adopt a special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) referendum at the board’s January meeting for placement on the May 21, 2024 ballot. Jensen told the board that requests for SPLOST funding are concentrated in roads and public works, which constitute about 86% of the project list presented to the board.
The announcement came during the board’s regular business meeting Dec. 11, when Jensen also reminded residents that the evening served as an opportunity for public comment on the county’s proposed 2024 budget ahead of formal adoption scheduled for Dec. 21. No formal SPLOST ordinance or ballot language was presented at the Dec. 11 meeting; Jensen said the board will act in January to finalize the referendum for the May ballot.
If adopted by the board and approved by voters, SPLOST collections would be earmarked for capital projects identified in the referendum; Jensen’s remarks framed roads and public works as the primary beneficiaries. The board did not take a vote on SPLOST on Dec. 11 and provided no detailed dollar amounts or project-by-project funding breakdown at that meeting.
The board’s next steps, as described by Jensen, are to finalize language and formally adopt the referendum at the January meeting. The date for the referendum placement on the ballot was given as May 21, 2024.