Monday is deadline to register to vote in Nov. elections

GAINESVILLE - Monday is the deadline to register to vote Nov. 3 when Hall County residents will be asked to approve an extension of the education sales tax (E-SPLOST) and a number of city elections will be held.

 

In addition, county election officials have also announced that  Early/Advance Voting will take place Oct. 12- Oct. 30.  Saturday voting will be available on Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.  Absentee Ballots will be available Oct. 9.  Sample ballots have also been released.  You can view them by clicking here http://www.hallcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/2296 .

 

Shall a one percent sales and use tax for educational purposes be continued in Hall County for a period of time not to exceed five years, beginning with the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the sales and use tax for educational purposes presently in effect expires, and for the raising of not more than $195,000,000 to be distributed between the Hall County School District and the City of  Gainesville School District according to the FTE count, as provided in the Georgia Constitution, and to the City of Buford School District pursuant to a local law agreed to by the parties and to be enacted by the Georgia General Assembly, which shall provide that the City of Buford  School District shall receive not less than $3,200,000, plus a possible additional amount based upon the full time equivalent Hall County students count of the three School Districts and the amount of the tax collection, with the sales and use taxes to be used for the following purposes:

 

For the Hall County School District, for the purpose of (i) acquiring, constructing and equipping new schools, fine arts facilities, physical education facilities, sports facilities, other student activity facilities and other school system facilities, acquiring and conducting site preparation of real estate for current and future school district purposes, constructing and equipping additional classrooms and instructional and support space, remodeling, renovating and equipping classrooms, instructional and support space, and other school district facilities at existing school system facilities, including but not limited to roofing, HVAC, security and emergency alarm systems, flooring, plumbing and electrical capacity, and acquiring furnishings, equipment and fixtures for new and existing facilities system-wide, including technology equipment, textbooks, library books and school buses, with the estimated cost of such projects to be financed from funds raised by the Sales Tax being $147,030,000; (ii) paying a portion of the  purchase price payments due on that certain Contract between the School District and the Gainesville and Hall County Development Authority, dated as of November 1, 2007, with a maximum payment of $875,975; (iii) paying of a portion of the purchase price payments due on that certain Installment Sale Agreement between the Hall County School District and the Gainesville and Hall County Development Authority, dated as of September 1, 2010, with a maximum payment amount of $1,045,000; and (iv) payment of any general obligation debt of the Hall County School District issued in conjunction with the imposition of the Sales Tax.

 

For the City of Gainesville School District, (i) acquiring, constructing and equipping new schools, fine arts facilities, physical education facilities, student activity facilities and other school system facilities, acquiring and conducting site preparation of real estate for school district purposes, constructing and equipping additional classrooms and instructional and support space, remodeling, renovating and equipping classrooms, instructional and support space, and other school district facilities at existing school system facilities, and acquiring furnishings, equipment and fixtures for new and existing facilities system-wide, including technology equipment, textbooks, teaching software and school buses, with the estimated cost of such projects to be financed from funds raised by the Sales Tax being $42,850,000; and    (ii) payment of any general obligation debt of the City of Gainesville  School District issued in conjunction with the imposition of the Sales Tax.

 

For the City of Buford School District, (i) acquiring new sites for the construction of new schools, support facilities and athletic facilities and the expansion of existing schools and support facilities, developing sites for constructing and equipping new schools, support facilities and athletic facilities and the expansion of existing schools and support facilities, constructing new schools, support facilities and athletic facilities, acquiring land for and making additions to, acquiring or renovating, equipping and modernizing existing schools, support facilities and athletic facilities, purchasing and refurbishing school buses and other transportation vehicles, making existing or new lease/purchase payments or payments with respect to the acquisition of new and existing schools and support facilities along with textbooks, library books and other media, modernizing technology and making system-wide technology improvement, and retiring previously issued indebtedness for such projects, with the estimated cost of the projects specified in (i) above to be financed from funds raised by the Sales Tax being $3,200,000.

 

If the imposition of the tax is approved by the voters in the Hall County School District, such vote shall also constitute approval of the issuance of general obligation debt of the Hall County School District in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000 for the purposes set forth in item (i) above for the Hall County School District and for the purpose of payment of expenses incident thereto and a portion of the interest on such debt.

 

If the imposition of the tax is approved by the voters in the City of Gainesville School District, such vote shall also constitute approval of the issuance of general obligation debt of the City of Gainesville School District in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $19,000,000 for the purposes set forth in item (i) above for the City of Gainesville School District and for the purpose of payment of expenses incident thereto and a portion of the interest on such debt. 

 

 

(   ) YES

(   ) NO