Mayor Girtz explains the FLOST referendum on your November 3rd ballot

In June, the Athens Mayor and Commission voted to include a FLOST referendum on the November 3rd ballot—that’s a Floating Local Option Sales Tax. If it passes, the referendum will increase the local sales tax by 1% and use that money to reduce property taxes. FLOST is listed as the second-to-last item on the November 3rd ballot, under One Percent Floating Local Option Sales and Use Tax. If this FLOST referendum and the ESPLOST renewal both pass, Athens-Clarke County’s sales tax will increase to 9%. Mayor Kelly Girtz sat down with Alexia Ridley to explain the referendum further.