Politics

Fulton County 2016 Ballot Measures

November 7th, 2016

Fulton County Freeport Exemption for E-Commerce

Shall Fulton County, Georgia be authorized to grant a Freeport Exemption to E-Commerce goods stored in fulfillment centers from taxation?

This tax exemption ballot measure is in response to House Bill 935, passed in the previous legislative session and effective July 1, 2016, which lets counties and cities ask their voters whether to extend a freeport exemption to e-commerce fulfillment centers. A freeport exemption excludes certain types of inventory from ad valorem, or property, taxes. This freeport exemption would exempt the inventory of e-commerce fulfillment centers – the places where packages are stored and packaged for shipment – from Fulton County’s ad valorem taxes.

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Fulton County Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales and Use Tax

Shall an additional .75 percent sales tax be collected in that part of Fulton County, Georgia, outside of the City of Atlanta, for five years for the purpose of transportation improvements and congestion reduction?

This TSPLOST would create a 0.75-cent sales tax in all areas of Fulton County except the city of Atlanta that would fund transportation projects.

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Special Election City Of Atlanta

City of Atlanta Transportation-Special Purpose Local Option Sales and Use Tax (T-SPLOST) Referendum

Shall an additional 0.4 percent sales tax be collected in the City of Atlanta for 5 years for the purpose of transportation improvements and congestion reduction?

This is one of two referendums related to a transportation tax on the ballot in the city of Atlanta. This TSPLOST would enact a 0.4-cent sales tax within the city of Atlanta to fund transportation projects like road and sidewalk repairs, trail construction and other infrastructure needs.

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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Sales and Use Tax Referendum

Shall an additional sales tax of one-half percent be collected in the City of Atlanta for the purpose of significantly expanding and enhancing MARTA transit service in Atlanta?

This is one of two referendums related to a transportation tax on the ballot in the city of Atlanta. This measure would enact a 0.5-cent sales tax within Atlanta to fund the expansion and improvement of the MARTA public transit system.

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Creation of the City of South Fulton in Fulton County

Shall the Act incorporating the City of South Fulton in Fulton County and granting the homestead exemptions described therein be approved?

This act would create the city of South Fulton, which would be made of the only remaining areas of Fulton County that are not currently incorporated into the county’s existing 14 cities.

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Special Election City Of College Park

New Noise Insulation Standards

Should Congress direct the Federal Aviation Administration to develop a new noise exposure measure that accurately gauges the increased annoyance caused by changes to flight patterns being introduced nationally, and authorize federal funding for new noise insulation for those residences measured to be significantly impacted, regardless of whether those residences were previously insulated for aircraft noise?

This non-binding referendum asks voters to decide whether or not College Park city officials should work with officials from Congress, the Federal Aviation Administration and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to change how these officials asses noise levels around the airport. This referendum, which is advisory – meaning it is being used like a petition as a way to gauge voter views on an issue – is in response to an airport program called Next Gen. This program has allowed airplanes to take off and land closer together, which has changed the routes for planes going to or from the airport. According to the referendum, once College Park and federal officials figure out the new noise measurement system, College Park officials would eventually seek funding so people who live in these noisier areas could have their homes insulated from the noise without cost to them.

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Special Election City Of Johns Creek

City of Johns Creek Bond Referendum for Parks and Green Space

Shall general obligation debt of the City of Johns Creek, Georgia be issued in the aggregate principal amount of up to $40,000,000 in order to fund the acquisition, construction and installation of city parks and recreation land, improvements and facilities and paying the cost of such debt?

If passed, this referendum would allow Johns Creek to sell bonds to raise up to $40 million in funds for the development and maintenance of parks and greenspace in the city.

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Johnscreekga.gov

Special Election City Of Milton

Conservation Land, Wildlife Habitat, Natural Area, and Trails Bond

Shall general obligation bonds in an aggregate principal of up to twenty-five million dollars be issued by the City of Milton, Georgia to acquire conservation land and interest in conservation land for the purposes of providing recreational trails, protecting natural areas and wildlife habitat, preserving agriculture land, protecting the water quality of rivers and streams and providing parks and park improvements?

This referendum would allow the city of Milton to sell bonds to raise up to $25 million in funds for preserving parks and greenspace, building trails and conserving wildlife habitats.

Special Election City Of Union City

Community Center General Obligation Bonds

Shall general obligation bonds be issued by the City of Union City, Georgia in an aggregate principal of up to $5,000,000 for the purpose of funding the acquisition, construction and equipping of a community center?

This referendum would allow Union City to sell bonds to raise up to $5 million to build and equip a community center.

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Unioncityga.gov

Freeport Exemption

Shall the City of Union City be authorized to grant a Freeport Exemption for goods which are stored in a fulfillment center and which are made available to remote purchasers who may make such purchases by electronic, internet, telephonic, or other remote means, and where such stock in trade of a fulfillment center will be shipped from the fulfillment center and delivered to the purchaser at a location other than the location of the fulfillment center?

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