Coweta County

voters will now vote on two sales tax proposals this year.

The County

Commission voted unanimously Tuesday morning to call for a vote on a penny

sales tax this September.

Residents are

already paying Coweta County an extra penny in sales tax, but the tax

ends this December. The commission wants to continue the tax and is in

the process of identifying projects the tax would cover.

One project

that is sure to be in the proposal is the county's new judicial center.

The center is priced at nearly $30 million and would house all of the

county's judicial needs in one complex.

Currently,

court is being held in two different buildings, and offices are scattered

throughout the county.

"This

will be an extremely important vote," said Commissioner Jim McGuffey.

Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter agreed and said the September date would

allow the county time to get out its message and also remind voters that

they would be voting on two sales tax proposals this year.

The Coweta

County Board of Education has called for a sales tax vote March 20 that

would allow the system to build new facilities for the county's growing

school population and also retire the system's bonded indebtedness.

County Administrator

Theron Gay said his staff was busy compiling information on which projects

would be included on the county's list and would report back to the commission.