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Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax
Fayette County voters have the opportunity on March 21, 2023, to vote on whether to approve the one-penny (one-percent) SPLOST, which would begin July 1, 2023, and last for six years. Early voting began Monday morning, February 27.
Voters approved a one-penny SPLOST in 2017, and the proceeds have been used to fund many capital projects in Fayetteville and across Fayette County. That 2017 SPLOST expires this year, and it would be replaced by the 2023 SPLOST, which means the current sales tax rate would not change.
Below is more information on how the next six years' worth of SPLOST proceeds would be used as well as up-to-date reporting on how the current SPLOST has been used.
Fayette County voters in 2017 approved a six-year, one-penny sales tax, formally called a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, to fund many county and municipal government projects. Conservative estimates showed that more than $141 million would be raised countywide through 2023, with the City of Fayetteville's distribution being more than $21 million. Accommodating the possibility of higher collections over the six years, the City of Fayetteville built a $25 million SPLOST Projects list.
SPLOST Expenditures to Date
City of Fayetteville, Georgia schedule of expenditures for construction projects funded by special purpose local options sales and use tax as of month ended February 28, 2023
Construction Projects | Estimated Cost | Revised | Prior Fiscal Years | Current | Total | Estimated Percentage Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retirement of Debt | 1,631,000.00 | 1,631,000.00 | 1,630,789.75 | - | 1,630,789.75 | 1.00 |
| Fire Safety Equipment and Vehicles | 3,000,000.00 | 3,000,000.00 | 1,401,218.41 | - | 1,401,218.41 | 0.47 |
| Police Safety Equipment and Vehicles | 1,109,000.00 | 1,109,000.00 | 1,087,320.33 | - | 1,087,320.33 | 0.98 |
| Fire Building and Land: Station 93 | 1,000,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 78,641.00 | - | 78,641.00 | 0.08 |
| Road, Street, and Bridge Projects | 7,000,872.00 | 7,000,872.00 | 3,903,463.58 | 73,528.21 | 3,976,991.79 | 0.57 |
| Water, Sewer, Stormwater Projects | 7,869,000.00 | 7,869,000.00 | 5,354,679.53 | 374,651.90 | 5,729,331.43 | 0.73 |
| Recreational and Park Projects | 3,400,000.00 | 3,400,000.00 | 2,910,132.75 | - | 2,910,132.75 | 0.86 |
| TOTALS | 25,009,872.00 | 25,009,872.00 | 16,366,245.35 | 448,180.11 | 16,814,425.46 | 0.67 |