Hinesville, Midway and Riceboro leaders met Monday with Liberty County Commission Chairman Donald Lovette and County Administrator Joey Brown to talk about municipal and county projects to promote November’s referendum to renew the special-local-option-sales-tax. Brown said SPLOST VI could generate $54 million over six years.Hinesville Mayor Jim Thomas and City Manager Billy Edwards, as well as Midway Mayor Dr. Clementine Washington and Riceboro Mayor William Austin, presented cases for road and other projects. Brown said he had received lists of preferred road projects from Flemington and Walthourville, but not Allenhurst and Gum Branch.Washington came with a list of roads in Midway she said needed repair, and she asked for funds for a multi-purpose city hall and to renovate the fire station.
Too many projects proposed for SPLOST
Cities tell county what they would fund with $54 million