{"id":31675,"date":"2024-03-19T14:45:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harriscountyga.gov\/?p=31675"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:46:47","slug":"harris-county-voters-approved-to-continue-splost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harriscountyga.gov\/harris-county-voters-approved-to-continue-splost\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris County Voters Approved to Continue SPLOST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Harris County Voters Approved to Continue SPLOST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the March 12, 2024 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) election, Harris County voters approved to continue SPLOST for an additional six years. During this SPLOST election, a total of 4,143 people voted, 2,354 (56.8%) voted YES and 1,789 (43.2%) voted NO. Since Harris County has 26,465 active voters, this SPLOST election had a 15.7% voter turn-out rate. The new SPLOST collection period will begin April 1, 2025, continue for six years until March 31, 2031, and is anticipated to collect $27.1M over the six-year collection period. The voter approved projects include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>County Projects<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$1,056,835 to further renovate the courthouse<\/li>\n<li>$4,000,000 for recreational facilities<\/li>\n<li>$8,436,481 for water and sewer purposes<\/li>\n<li>$2,799,000 for Community Center debt payments<\/li>\n<li>$4,975,000 for public safety vehicles and associated equipment<\/li>\n<li><u>$1,553,229 to go toward a replacement 911 radio system<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Total &#8211; $22,820,545<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>City Projects<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$1,113,860 for Pine Mountain<\/li>\n<li>$1,005,191 for Hamilton<\/li>\n<li>$869,354 for Waverly Hall<\/li>\n<li>$815,019 for West Point<\/li>\n<li><u>$543,346 for Shiloh<\/u><\/li>\n<li>Total &#8211; $4,346,770<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris County Voters Approved to Continue SPLOST &nbsp; During the March 12, 2024 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) election, Harris County voters approved to continue SPLOST for an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":31683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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