Fulton County officials and mayors scheduled to meet Aug. 3 on proposed TSPLOST referendum
Fulton County scheduled a special-called meeting for 10 a.m. Aug. 3, 2026, bringing together county commissioners and Fulton County mayors to discuss a proposed Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum.
The meeting is set for the Fulton County Government Center, 141 Pryor Street SW in Atlanta. Fulton County identified the gathering in a public notice, with discussion of the proposed TSPLOST referendum as its stated purpose.
The notice marks a scheduled discussion among county and municipal officials. It does not establish that a referendum has been approved, that a ballot question will be presented to voters, or that officials have taken a final vote.
What is on the agenda
Members of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and mayors from Fulton County are the participants named in the notice. Their planned discussion concerns a potential transportation sales-tax referendum rather than a completed transportation funding program.
A TSPLOST referendum could generate dedicated sales-tax funding for transportation projects across Fulton County, including Atlanta. It could also involve voters and local governments in a regional capital-investment program. Those potential outcomes remain conditional because the notice describes a proposed referendum.
For Atlanta and other Fulton County communities, the meeting is a pre-election step in considering whether a transportation funding proposal could move forward. The available notice does not say that county or city officials have agreed on a shared proposal.
Details still not stated
The public notice does not specify a proposed tax rate. It also does not identify a project list, an expected revenue amount or a referendum date.
Those omissions are significant because they leave the scope of any potential transportation program undetermined. The notice does not say which projects, if any, could receive funding, how much funding could be generated, or when voters might be asked to decide on a measure.
The material available with the notice likewise does not document a final vote on a referendum. It identifies the Aug. 3 gathering as a public notice for discussion, not as final authorization of a tax or an election.
Next known step
The next identified action is the special-called meeting at 10 a.m. Aug. 3 at the Fulton County Government Center. Any subsequent decision to advance a referendum, as well as the details of a possible tax rate, project package or election timetable, would require additional official action or documentation beyond the notice.
The meeting outcome was not available in the source material. As a result, the available record supports reporting the planned discussion but not a conclusion about whether officials advanced, changed or rejected a referendum proposal.
Sources
- Special-called meeting notice concerning TSPLOST referendum, Fulton County Government
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