Forsyth County residents will have a chance to comment and review potential projects being considered for funding by SPLOST VIII, the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax to be decided by voters in a referendum this November.
The Forsyth Board of Commissioners scheduled a town hall meeting for 6 p.m. April 12 in Suite 220 at the county administration building, 110 E. Main St., Cumming. A list of projects being considered by commissioners will be presented, based on input taken at 10 public meetings and through an online survey.
The SPLOST is a 1-percent sales and use tax approved by voters for up to six years to raise revenues for designated programs or named capital items, officials said. Forsyth voter approved the first SPLOST in 1987, and they have renewed it six times since then.
Prior SPLOST programs have funded road improvements, parks, fire stations and apparatus, libraries and the new courthouse, jail and parking facilities.
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