Clarendon County: Question 1 - Sales tax levy

Shall a special, one percent capita! project sales and use tax be imposed in Clarendon County beginning on May 1, 2023, and ending April 30, 2031, and shall the county be permitted to issue general obligation bonds, in one or more series, in an amount not to exceed the aggregate of $35,755,000, which the county intends to repay using the sales and use tax, and which is otherwise repayable from a millage levy. the proceeds of which shall be distributed and expended for the acquisition, construction, equipping, and/or rehabilitation of each project as follows: County-wide emergency operations center/911 call center - $8,100,000 Church street park (Manning) - 4,540,000 Town Hall (Paxville) - 350,000 Town Hall/Police Department (Summerton) - 2,000,000 Fire Station (Turbeville) - 1,700,000 Centrally located recreation park/Facilities With Competition Ballfields - 6,500,000 Library Branch Facility (Summerton) - 2,600,000 1-95 Wastewater improvements (Manning) - 1,250,000 Recreation Park(s) (Paxville) - 1,500,000 Downtown Beautification (Summerton) - 1,000,000 Downtown Beautification (Turbeville) - 250,000 Recreation Park(s) (ST. Paul Area) - 1,500,000 Fire/Rescue Sub-Station (Station 5) (Paxville Area) - 675,000 Clarendon County industrial Park Infrastructure - 840,000 Fire/Rescue Sub-Station (Station 11) (Brewington Area) - 725,000 Fire-Rescue Sub-Station (Station 15) (Liberty Area) - 725,000 Recreation Park(s) (Turbeville) - 1,500,000 Centrally Located, County-Wide Fire Training Facility with burn building - 5,750,000 Additional Conditions: The capital project sales and use tax shall be used for acquiring an interest in, paying debt service for previously issued bonds related to, or procurement, design, architectural, engineering, surveying, soil testing, construction, improvement, or similar type uses related to the projects listed above, or any combination related to the foregoing that are related to the acquisition, construction, equipping, and/or rehabilitation of a project. Net proceeds of the sales and use tax must be expended for the purposes stated, in the priority listed above. However, the completion of each project funded by the sales and use tax is governed by the Capital Project Sales Tax Act (S.C. Code Ann. 54-10-300, et seq.) and subject to acquisition of property and right-of-way, design and engineering considerations, funding of projects from other sources (as provided in the County's Ordinance No. 2022-03, enacted July 11, 2022), bids in excess of project estimates, qualifications of bidders, cost overruns, financing costs, exhaustion of net sales and use tax avenues prior lo the completion of each project in the order and priority stated above, other unforeseen circumstances and conditions, and other conditions as may be reasonably imposed by Clarendon County Council, which, if any of these circumstances occurs or is imposed, lhen the County may move to the next priority project and continue through the priority list until completed, then may, in the County's discretion, return to any project passed over.