Bulloch County Commissioners and representatives for each of the county’s municipalities reached an intergovernmental agreement regarding a potential 2013 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) on Thursday. As part of a special called meeting in Statesboro’s North Main Annex, local officials unanimously approved the agreement, which sets parameters for the use and distribution of projected SPLOST funds through 2019. City mayors signed off on the contract that will only be enacted if and when voters choose to renew the six-year, one-cent sales tax through a referendum in November — The 2013 SPLOST would go into effect October 1, 2013 upon the conclusion of the current tax’s six-year period.
Local officials agree on penny tax spending
Money would be divided to each city based on population