Explain about the penalties if the voters don’t pass T-SPLOST? –Norman Bennett

What about those penalities Corey Hull of VLMPO mentioned when he explained T-SPLOST to VLCIA?

Norman Bennett, VLCIA board member and former chairman of the Lowndes County Commmission, asked Corey Hull:

Can you explain that again for me about the penalties if the voters don’t pass the tax? If the county’s got a project, then they’ve got to put up ten percent or whatever the percentage is?
Corey Hull answered:
Yeah, if they’re using their LMIG funds, which is the state funding the counties and cities receive, if the voters did not approve the tax, the local governments must match their projects and raise thirty percent.
Update 4:45 PM 4 April 2011: Corey Hull filled in the words I couldn’t transcribe and explained LMIG is Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant Program.

They went on to discuss types of projects and which communities receive which kinds of funding them.

Here’s the video:


Norman Bennett asking Corey Hull of VLMPO about T-SPLOST at the
regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director,
Allan Ricketts Program Manager, 15 February 2011.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

You can ask Corey Hull questions about T-SPLOST tonight, April 4th, at the Lowndes County Democratic Party meeting, where he and Lowndes County Chairman Ashley Paulk will explain T-SPLOST.

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