{"id":25140,"date":"2025-08-04T13:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25140"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:01:21","slug":"vote-on-splost-ix-lcc-2025-08-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/08\/vote-on-splost-ix-lcc-2025-08-04.html","title":{"rendered":"Vote on SPLOST IX? @ LCC 2025-08-04"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2025-08-04<\/strong>:\r\nAgenda: Special Called Meeting about SPLOST IX Agreement @ LCC 2025-08-04<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nThere’s nothing about this on lowndescounty.com, not in the calendar,\r\nnot in agendas, not in news.\r\n

\r\nYet according to\r\nthe slides for<\/a>\r\nthe June Budget Hearings,\r\nthe Lowndes County Commission and staff expect to derive $17 million from\r\nSPLOST IX in FY 2026.\r\n

\r\nWhat projects will this penny sales tax fund?\r\nWhere is the list for Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) IX?\r\nWhat is this Agreement mentioned in the VDT article?\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Vote<\/a>\r\n
Vote on SPLOST IX?, Special Called Meeting 2025-08-04, Lowndes County Commission, Where is the Project List?<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nBy Staff reports, Valdosta Daily Times<\/em>,\r\nPublished 3:23 pm Friday, August 1, 2025,\r\nCounty to meet for SPLOST discussions<\/a>,\r\n

\r\n

\r\nVALDOSTA — The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners will hold\r\na called meeting at 4 p.m. Monday in the Commission Chambers, 327 N.\r\nAshley St., second floor, for the purpose of considering the SPLOST\r\nIX Agreement.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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