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After voters approved SPLOST VIII and $52 million in jail bonds last November, Habersham County commissioners have called a separate November 2026 special election on a new sales tax meant to reduce property taxes.
The sales tax funds county capital projects like the Animal Control Facility and a new Fire/EMA/E911 headquarters, and residents recently voted to extend it for future work.
The SPLOST-funded building meant to house county fire, emergency management and 911 operations is being built in stages, with the second phase's estimated construction cost now approaching $14 million.
The county's SPLOST VII-funded facility for stray and surrendered animals is moving into construction after the project was bid out and awarded.
The referendum passed, keeping in place the sales tax that funds county school projects, a day after a commissioner questioned whether voters had ever gotten a chance to reconsider it.
A replacement landfill compactor priced at over $1 million would be funded through SPLOST VIII, affecting how the county pays for solid-waste operations.
The proposed list would direct local sales tax funds to Baldwin road, recreation, public safety, public works and water/sewer projects.
The list would set how much Mount Airy could receive from a countywide sales tax for water, sewer, roads, public safety, parks and downtown projects.
The city's list of sales-tax-funded projects, covering public safety, water/sewer, roads and bridges, and park improvements, has been proposed to Habersham County commissioners but not yet voted on.
The proposed list would direct sales-tax revenue toward jail debt, the sheriff's office, fire/EMS, roads, the landfill, facilities and an industrial park/airport.
The city's proposed list would direct sales-tax funds to public safety, a park, roads/bridges/sidewalks, city hall and public utilities.
The list would direct county sales-tax revenue toward Alto's water system, roads, public safety and a public works building.
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