DeKalb Commissioners Call Off Tax Referendum

DECATUR, GA — The DeKalb Board of Commissioners has voted to withdraw a tax referendum from the November ballot.

The board voted 5-0 on Tuesday to drop the referendum on a 1 percent sales tax designed to raise money for roads and other public infrastructure improvements.

According to a county spokesman, the proposal, which was created in this past year's General Assembly session, could have placed the county's tax valuation in peril.

The measure, according to the AJC, would have generated $551 million over five years.

House Bill 596 was written in such a way, according to the AJC, that it could have triggered a property tax increase.

But the deciding factor against the SPLOST was a previously overlooked state law that could have triggered a property tax increase.

On Monday, the Brookhaven City Council issued a statement that urged the commission to withdraw the referendum from the November ballot.

See also:

Brookhaven to DeKalb: Don't Put Referendum on Ballot