The opaque SPLOST process the Lowndes County Commission is using, in which it just sent an Agreement and a Project List to its cities for approval without the taxpaying citizens ever seeing either, is not the only way.

Rome-Floyd County, GA, Citizen SPLOST Committee, Less Population than Lowndes, More transparent process

Rome and Floyd County, Georgia, have a citizen committee that decides what is on their Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) list. That committee has open meetings and publishes its draft lists.
https://www.floydcountyga.gov/bc-splost

Floyd County, at 100,113 people, has less population than Lowndes County, at 120,712.

If Floyd County can be transparent, Lowndes County can also choose to be transparent.

Rome-Floyd SPLOST Committee

Rome-Floyd 2023 SPLOST Project List

PDF.

IT, Water, Sewer, Public Safety, Economic Development, Public Works, Transportation

Quality of Life and Total SPLOST Projects

Rome-Floyd 2024 SPLOST newspaper report
PDF

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