Athens-Clarke Administrator To Talk About SPLOST Oversight On March 26 At Oconee County Library

While Oconee County has no history of citizen direct oversight of its Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax program, neighboring Athens-Clarke County has an active citizen committee monitoring how the unified government of the city and county spends its SPLOST revenues.

Such citizen oversight committees also exist or have existed elsewhere in the state, including in Cobb and DeKalb counties, in Savannah and in Atlanta.

Don Martin, administrator for the Athens-Clarke County SPLOST program, will explain the activities of the unified government’s Oversight Committee in a presentation starting at 7 p.m. on March 26 at the Oconee County Library.

He also will discuss the activities of the Citizens Advisory Committee, which evaluates the proposed projects submitted for SPLOST funding and recommends the list to the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission for final adoption.

Martin has been invited to give his presentation, which is open to the public, by Russ Page, a citizen active in farmland and historic site preservation in the county.

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Pictured: Sign at walking trail in Oconee Veterans Park.