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Byron council reauthorizes TSPLOST intergovernmental agreement; $27 million estimated for projects
Summary
Byron’s mayor and council unanimously reapproved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a revised intergovernmental agreement for a 2021 TSPLOST referendum that would seek a 1% sales tax estimated to raise about $27 million to fund specified regional projects.
The City of Byron Mayor and Council on Aug. 16, 2021, unanimously reapproved a resolution authorizing Mayor Michael Chidester to execute a revised intergovernmental agreement with Peach County and neighboring cities to place a Special District Mass Transportation Sales and Use Tax (TSPLOST) before voters.
The agreement would ask voters in the special district on Nov. 2, 2021, whether to impose a 1 percent sales and use tax for 20 calendar quarters (five years) beginning April 1, 2022. The minutes state the estimated revenue to be raised by the tax is $27,000,000; the projects to be funded are listed in Appendix A to the agreement and are on file in the City Clerk’s office.
The TSPLOST authority cited in the minutes references Article SA of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and the statutory procedures in O.C.G.A. §48-8-262 for calling a referendum. The minutes record the council’s motion to reapprove the resolution as made by James Richardson and seconded by Chris Hodges; the motion carried unanimously.
Why it matters: If approved by voters, the tax would fund capital transportation projects across Peach County and participating cities over a five-year period. The resolution delegates execution of the final intergovernmental agreement and related documents to the mayor and confirms the county will call the referendum as required by state law.
The minutes do not list the itemized projects in Appendix A within the text; the record notes Appendix A is attached to the agreement and available in the City Clerk’s office. The resolution text in the minutes includes procedural representations required by state law, such as the referendum schedule and the estimated revenue figure.
Next steps: According to the minutes, the county is to take actions necessary to call the referendum for Nov. 2, 2021, and the mayor was authorized to sign the revised agreement and related documents on the city’s behalf.
Provenance: This article reflects the council’s discussion and recorded motion in the meeting minutes (topic introduced at SEG 004; discussion and details continued through SEG 008).
