Cherokee Commission Supports Reduced Sales Tax Collection

The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution supporting legislation that would allow them to impose less than one percent for its SPLOST program.

The Cherokee County Commission has endorsed a proposal to allow counties to ask voters to approve a fraction of a percent in its Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax programs. The commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution in support of a bill that's pending in the Georgia General Assembly that would allow counties to impose its SPLOST at less than one percent.  The change only applies to county SPLOST programs, not education SPLOST programs used by local boards of education.  Commission Chair Buzz Ahrens said the change provides "flexibility" for local governments as the legislation, if signed by the assembly and signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal, would give the choice of choosing capital programs that don't need the full…

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Cherokee Commissioners To Discuss 'Fractional' SPLOST

The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners will discuss a proposal in the state legislature that would allow counties and cities to collect a fraction of a percent of a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.

A proposal to allow counties to call for voters to consider approving fractional pennies on a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax will be discussed by the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners during its meeting on Tuesday. The board's meeting will start at 6 p.m., following its 3 p.m. work sesssion at the county administration building. State Rep. John Carson (R-Marietta), who represents the extreme southeastern portion of Cherokee County, is sponsoring a bill in the Georgia State House that would allow counties to impose the SPLOST at less than one percent.  Cherokee County Commission Chair Buzz Ahrens, who said the commission has asked the Cherokee legislative delegation at least three times to push such a bill, said the legislation…

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City Continues with Outlet Mall Plans

The City of Woodstock approved The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta in mid-December to move forward, but they've hit a bump in the road costing $700,000.

The City of Woodstock has a long road ahead of them before they could be seeing a 365,000-square-foot mall on the north side of Main Street. Right now, they are concentrating on altering that road instead of worrying about a competing outlet mall only 10 miles across town or even the possibility of not having funding to complete existing outlined projects. Both Woodstock and Ridgewalk parkways that run perpendicular to each other are set to be relocated, but the focus at the moment is on $700,000 for Ridgewalk Parkway. The Ridgewalk project is $2.77 million, with $2.7 million coming from the current SPLOST for road infrastructure projects, said Billy Peppers, director of Economic Development. Even if the outlet mall isn’t built, the road …

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The Rundown

Live From the School Board Meeting

We are covering the Cherokee County Board of Education live.

The Cherokee County Board of Education is meeting at 7 p.m., and Woodstock-Towne Lake editor Lindsey Davidson is covering it live for the Cherokee Patches on Twitter (@TowneLakePatch). On the agenda for the evening is a whole slew of recognitions from science fair to reading bowl winners. The board will also vote to move forward with the appropriate policy and legal steps for the education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax vote set to be on the November ballot. This is said to be another necessary step to ensure the SPLOST Renewal Issue is in place. We'll compile all of the tweets here within a few minutes of their posting, allowing you to catch up and comment on all the action. 8:09 p.m. And now we are adjourned! 8:08 p.m. The board …

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