RESOLUTION NO. 2017-______

A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, CALLING FOR COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN GEORGIA SERVICE DELIVERY REGION TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE AND PROPOSE A ONE-CENT SALES TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE REGION.

WHEREAS,the Transportation Investment Act of 2010 established the ability of each service delivery region in Georgia to levy a sales tax for the purposes of funding transportation infrastructure improvements; and,

WHEREAS, the Southern Georgia Region; consisting of Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner and Ware counties; implemented the requirements of the Transportation Investment Act of 2010; and voters considered, but did not approve, a sales Tax Referendum on July 31, 2012; and,

WHEREAS, the Transportation Funding Act of 2015 was signed by Governor Nathan Deal on May 4, 2015 and provided a mechanism for regions that did not pass the referendum in 2012 to reconsider the questionupon adoption of a resolution by the governing bodies of a majority of the counties in the region; and,

WHEREAS, all of the procedural requirements of the Transportation Investment Act of 2010 remain in effect regarding the creation of investment criteria, the establishment of the Regional Roundtable and Executive Committee, the development of a draft investment list, and public participation among other items.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Ben Hill County Board of Commissioners desire to initiate the process outlined in the Transportation Investment Act of 2010 for the voters of the Southern Georgia Region to consider the imposition of a one-cent sales tax for the purposes of funding transportation infrastructure improvements in the region; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution shall be transmitted to the Director of Planning of the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Southern Georgia Regional Commission; as well as the Boards of Commission of the counties of the Southern Georgia Region.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ______, 2017.

BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA

By: ______

Steve Taylor,Chairman

By: ______

Daniel Cowan, Vice-Chairman

By: ______

Bennie Calloway, Jr., Commissioner

By: ______

John William Mooney, Commissioner

By: ______

Hope S. Harmon, Commissioner

[SEAL]

Attest: ______

Donna R. Prather, County Clerk

CERTIFICATE

GEORGIA, BEN HILL COUNTY.

I, Donna R. Prather, Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Ben Hill County, Georgia, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy of the Resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Ben Hill County at an open meeting duly called and lawfully assembled at _:___ o’ clock a.m./p.m., on the ____ day of ______, 2017, declaring its intent to initiate the process outlined in the Transportation Investment Act of 2010 for the voters of the Southern Georgia Region to consider the imposition of a one-cent sales tax for the purposes of funding transportation infrastructure improvements in the region. A duplicate original of said Resolution is duly recorded in the Minute Book of Ben Hill County, which is in my custody and control.

I certify the following members of the Board of Commissioners of Ben Hill County were present at said meeting:

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and the following members were absent:______

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and the resolution was adopted by a vote of:

Aye ______

Nay ______

Abstain _____

Witness my hand and the official seal of Ben Hill County, this ______day of ______, 2017.

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Donna R. Prather, County Clerk