SPLOST deal approved by Henry County commissioners

The Henry County Board of Commissioners voted at its July 9 regular meeting to approve an intergovernmental agreement for the special-purpose local-option sales tax referendum expected to be on the November ballot.

The deal has not yet been approved by the county’s four cities, which want to share 30 percent of the SPLOST revenue while the county is sticking to a 75-25 split. Two separate motions that would have made changes to the SPLOST project list were defeated before the final vote that passed on a motion by Dee Clemmons and with Gary Barham and Johnny Wilson voting in opposition. The motion stipulated that the cities submit their project lists by July 19.

Officials said a special called meeting would likely be scheduled for July 24 to finalize the details and call for the referendum.