Oconee County Has More Than $6 million In Old SPLOST Accounts

Oconee County had $6.3 million in unspent funds from its 2004 and 2009 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referenda at the end of June of 2017–or after 18 months of collection from its 2015 SPLOST.

The county had $3.2 million in unspent money from SPLOST 2004 set aside for County Facility Expansion and Renovation.

The county had $3.1 million in 2009 SPLOST revenue set aside for Water and Sewer Facilities, Recreation, Historic and Scenic Facilities, Fire Station Facilities and Equipment, and Farmland Protection.

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners has agreed to spend some of these reserves as well as revenue from the 2015 SPLOST as part of the Fiscal Year 2018 Fiscal Year Budget that went into effect on July 1 of this year.

The county’s four cities did not receive revenue from SPLOST 2004 but have spent all of the revenue received from the 2009 SPLOST.

This information comes from the report on SPLOST revenue and spending that the county has to make public at the end of each calendar year. The report covers the period ending June 30, 2017.

For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.