Officials with the Lee County, Leesburg and Smithville governments held a congenial meeting Tuesday to discuss an intergovernmental agreement that will allow for a special-purpose local-option sales tax referendum to be placed on a countywide ballot March 15.

But there was an ominous note that hung over the meeting.

During discussion about revenue projections for SPLOST VI, which if approved by voters would allow the county and municipal governments to receive a 1 percent sales tax for capital outlay projects from Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 30, 2019, Leesburg City Attorney Bert Gregory asked a question that had no doubt been on the backs of everyone in the room's minds.

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