Council to Hold First Vote on Roads Referendum
Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer
Anderson County Council will consider recommendations of road priorities the verbiage of a referendum from the County Capital Sales Tax Committee on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the historic courthouse downtown.
Council must approve both, on three readings, before submitting documents to the South Carolina Election Commission to send a referendum to county voters in November asking for a one-penny sales tax for roads/bridges repairs.
If approved, the referendum would provide and estimated $350 million over eight years exclusively for use on repair and maintenance of roads and bridges, which have not had a consistent and significant source of funding in the county’s history. Currently the cost to bring all of the county’s roads and bridges up to acceptable condition is more than $350 million.
Also on Tuesday, council will reconsider a tabled motion to renew a lease at the Anderson Arts Center for continued use by the Anderson Visitors Bureau, which has been at the location for more than a decade.
