Chatham County commission chairman signs LOST agreement

Chatham County Commission Chairman Chester Ellis signed the LOST agreement Tuesday afternoon after weeks of discussing the contents of the deal.

Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) revenue comes from people spending money on shopping, eating, drinking, staying in hotels and more. The purpose of the tax is to help support budgets for the cities and keep Chatham County property taxes down.

Chairman Ellis said that last Thursday, the county received positive news from Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) that, for the first time in history, Chatham County will be included in the congressional budget.

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This article appears in Dec 21-31, 2022.

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