The Marietta Daily Journal – Lee eyes SPLOST extension Chairman mentions Nov for possible referendum

MARIETTA — County Chairman Tim Lee is eyeing November to hold a referendum asking voters to extend the county’s 1-cent special purpose local option sales tax, which expires Dec. 31, 2015.

If county commissioners want to extend the tax for another four years so collections remain uninterrupted, then November would be the last opportunity to hold a referendum during a general election. An alternative is to schedule a special election sometime next year, Lee said Tuesday during a commission work session.

A special election could take place in 2015, but that would cost the county an extra $500,000, something Lee said he doesn’t favor.

“If we have an opportunity to do it in November and there is consensus to do it in November, it makes sense to have it when we’re already spending the $500,000 for general elections as opposed to another half a million,” Lee said.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Lee eyes SPLOST extension Chairman mentions Nov for possible referendum.