Commission adopts resolution calling for 1% FLOST referendum; vote 6-4
Summary
The Commission approved a resolution calling for a 1% Floating Local Option Sales Tax (FLOST) for five years, to be placed on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot; the motion passed 6–4 and the resolution specifies proceeds are to be used exclusively for property tax relief.
On June 9 the Mayor and Commission voted to call a referendum on a one-percent Floating Local Option Sales Tax (FLOST) for five years. Commissioner Davenport moved and Commissioner Wright seconded the resolution; the roll call vote was 6 YES (Davenport, Link, Taylor, Wright, Culpepper, Hamby) and 4 NO (Fisher, Johnson, Myers, Thornton).
The resolution cites O.C.G.A. Article 2B (Chapter 8 of Title 48) and requests the county Board of Elections and Registration to join the call for an election to be held on November 3, 2026. Ballot language approved in the resolution reads in part: "Shall a special one percent (1%) sales and use tax be imposed for five years within the special district of Athens-Clarke County with the proceeds used exclusively to reduce property taxes imposed by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, the City of Winterville, and the Town of Bogart?" The resolution also approves an intergovernmental agreement and distribution schedule prepared by Tax Commissioner JP Lemay, requires a separate custodial account for FLOST proceeds, and states the tax would commence Jan. 1, 2027 if approved by voters.
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