Bibb SPLOST committee pleased with progress | Politics | Macon.com

Members of the committee that oversees the special 1-cent sales tax in Bibb County said Tuesday they were pleased with the efforts of the city and county to use local and minority-owned businesses for SPLOST projects.

Dan Slagle, the SPLOST Advisory Committee chairman, said he was “very satisfied” with the progress that has been made on special purpose local option sales tax projects and the efforts to recruit local businesses — especially those owned by minorities and women — to carry out those projects.

“We’ve made excellent progress on all of the SPLOST projects,” Slagle said. “Generally speaking, they’re on time. I’m very happy. We got good reports about local and minority participation. The SPLOST money is being put back into the community.”

While the county showed a much higher percentage of contracts awarded to minorities compared to the city, Slagle said the numbers aren’t apples to apples, since different methodology was used.

Len Hindsman, who oversees the SPLOST for Bibb County, reported that 67 percent of the county SPLOST projects were awarded to local firms, while 62 percent of the contracts went to minority- or women-owned businesses.

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