Dooly County, six municipalities sign SPLOST intergovernmental agreement; referendum set for Sept. 19, 2006
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Summary
Dooly County commissioners and six municipal governments approved an intergovernmental agreement to split proceeds from a one-percent SPLOST (75% county / 25% municipalities), and the county called a Sept. 19, 2006 referendum to fund roughly $15 million in capital projects.
Dooly County commissioners on June 22 adopted an intergovernmental agreement allocating proceeds from a proposed one-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST). Under the agreement the county will retain 75 percent of revenues while the participating municipalities — Byromville, Dooling, Lilly, Pinehurst, Unadilla and Vienna — receive the remaining 25 percent distributed by population.
The measure approved a set of capital projects totaling about $15 million in estimated SPLOST proceeds, including county road, bridge and jail-bond payments plus municipal projects such as Pinehurst water and Unadilla senior center work. The agreement was approved unanimously by the Board and the Board simultaneously adopted a resolution asking the election superintendent to call a countywide referendum on Sept. 19, 2006.
Why it matters: The SPLOST deal sets funding priorities for infrastructure projects in Dooly County and its municipalities, establishing the local share split and the ballot measure timeline that will determine whether the package moves forward.
What happened next: The clerk transmitted the required notices and the county coordinated with municipal officials on final project lists and ballot language. Municipal responses and negotiations over shares and project lists continued in follow-up meetings, per the intergovernmental process.
Provenance: The Board adopted the intergovernmental agreement and resolution calling the referendum at the June 22 special meeting and related discussion appears in the minutes sections for SEG 1088–SEG 1093 and SEG 1116–SEG 1158.
Details and votes: The Board of Commissioners voted to approve the agreement and authorized the chairman to sign it. The motion to adopt the agreement and the resolution was carried unanimously at the June 22 session. The draft project list and population apportionment were attached to the agreement.
Next steps: The referral proceeded to the county election superintendent to schedule the referendum and to publish the required notices. If approved by voters, SPLOST proceeds would fund the listed projects and the county would manage disbursements to municipalities under the agreed formula.