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Screven County, town mayors set July 1 deadline for SPLOST project submissions
Summary
Screven County commissioners and the mayors of Sylvania, Hiltonia and Oliver agreed to a July 1, 2024, deadline for municipal project lists to be submitted for the upcoming SPLOST referendum, county officials said at the June 11 meeting.
Screven County commissioners and the mayors of the towns of Sylvania, Hiltonia and Oliver agreed on a July 1, 2024, deadline for municipalities to submit project lists for the county’s upcoming Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) referendum.
The topic was raised during the new-business portion of the Board of Commissioners’ meeting on June 11. The board discussed the SPLOST timeline and coordination with municipal leaders; the meeting minutes record that the deadline for project lists was set by mutual agreement among the county and the towns’ officials.
The action is procedural: setting a submission deadline does not itself adopt project lists or authorize spending. The county will collect the project lists submitted by municipalities by July 1 for consideration in the SPLOST package that will go before voters in the referendum. The minutes do not specify which projects each municipality intends to submit.
The discussion included elected town leaders in attendance: Preston Dees, mayor of Sylvania; Bobby Mobley, mayor of Hiltonia; and Justine Browm, mayor of Oliver, along with county commissioners. The minutes record no public comment on SPLOST at the meeting.
Next steps reported at the meeting: municipalities must deliver their project lists to the county by July 1; the county will compile and finalize the SPLOST project package for the referendum process and public notice timelines required by state law.
