The Liberty County Development Authority voted Monday to recommend county leaders consider adding two road-improvement projects and a water-and-sewer project to the next special-purpose local-option sales tax referendum, which will go to voters for approval in November. SPLOST is a 1 percent sales tax collected by local city and county governments to help fund capital projects such as the new Liberty County Community Complex that opened late last November in Midway and the Liberty County Justice Center that opened its doors in 2011. SPLOST funds also can be used for water and sewer systems, such as the $250,000 the county put toward a rural water system under construction for Holmestown-Screven Fork area residents, and for detention and public-safety facilities and downtown development, according to the Georgia Municipal Association website.Representatives from the county and Liberty’s municipalities will meet this spring to discuss SPLOST projects, Liberty County Administrator Joey Brown said.
Development group wants projects in SPLOST
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