Coweta County's
governments are ready for the fall special purpose local option sales
tax vote.
During a meeting
Tuesday afternoon, the Coweta County Commission, along with all the county's
municipalities, signed off on $98 million worth of proposed projects that
will go before the voters Sept. 18.
The biggest
project proposed is a $35 million court complex that will consolidate
all the county's judicial needs under one roof.
Coweta County
also wants to build a satellite library at Thomas Crossroads, along with
additional work on the county's roads and bridges.
All of the
municipalities submitted lists of projects to the county and streets and
sidewalk programs are priorities of nearly every city.
Grantville's
main focus is for a new library and cemetery, along with utilities expansion.
Haralson wants to expand senior citizens support facilities and restore
some of the historic buildings in town.
Moreland's
main focus is upgrading the town's historic old mill and museum, while
Newnan officials want to build a small convention center and construct
new downtown parking facilities.
Palmetto is
focusing on streets and roads and upgrading its sewer system, while Senoia
wants a small museum and additional road projects.
Sharpsburg
officials listed roads and sidewalks as their top priorities, while the
town of Turin wants to renovate an old school building for office space
and a town center.
Commission
Chairman Robert Wood was pleased that all the officials submitted their
projects in a timely manner.
"This
proves that we can sit down and cooperate with each other," he said.
Wood also addressed
recent comments about how active public officials could be in promoting
the SPLOST vote.
"Anybody
that asks me on an individual basis will get my opinion," he said.







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