While city officials are quick to point out that they’re not taking city and county voters’ approval of the Nov. 8 Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax VII referendum for granted, they note that they have compiled a projects list that will address vital infrastructure concerns throughout the city.

If the vote passes as the previous six did, city and county finance staff project income of $92.5 million over the six years of the special 1 percent tax. The city would use $59.2 million of that money and the county $33.3 million, based on the 64-36 percent split that has been in place for the past two SPLOSTs. The city and county commissions must jointly pass a resolution to continue that split.

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