Oconee County May Put Transportation Sales Tax On Ballot

Oconee County probably will consider whether to pursue a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax after it completes an ongoing transportation study and might ask voters to approve such a tax next year, Board of Commissioners Chair John Daniell said Tuesday night.

Daniell made his comment in response to a question posed at the first quarterly Board of Commissioners Town Hall meeting for 2018, held at the Community Center in Oconee Veterans Park.

The session was dominated by citizen requests for protection of historic sites in the county and by concerns about the county’s Unified Development Code, which regulates development in the county.

The largest number of the 50 citizens present were there to support changes in the Unified Development Code dealing with landscaping at development projects.

For details of the story, with a full video of the Town Hall meeting, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Board of Commissioners Chairman John Daniell