Gwinnett residents are invited to attend a semi-annual SPLOST Citizen Review Committee meeting to be held on Friday, April 29 at 9:00am at Fire Station 18 located at 1515 Mineral Springs Road in the northeast part of the county. Fire Station 18 is one of the newest fire stations to be built with SPLOST funds. 

The Joint Citizen Review Committee was formed in 2005. Government officials discuss the progress of current SPLOST-funded projects. By state law, local governments must use revenue from the voter-approved sales tax to build specific capital improvements. The funds cannot pay for staff or operating expenses. Gwinnett has had a series of successful SPLOST programs since 1985. 

The current SPLOST program runs from April 2009 to March 2014. Officials predict it will raise about $730 million for transportation, parks and recreation, city projects, public safety, courthouse facilities and libraries. 

Rhonda Etheridge, the County's Deputy Director of Financial Services, said the county's latest SPLOST-funded projects include the Sugarloaf Parkway extension, Alexander and Rhodes Jordan Parks, the Police Headquarters Annex/E-911 Center and the Hamilton Mill Library.

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