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date: 2025-08-18
title: Special Called Meeting Agenda Packet
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STOCKBRIDGE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
CITY COUNCIL Agenda
Mayor
August 18, 2025 9:00 AM
Anthony Ford

Mayor Pro Tem LaKeisha Gantt
District 1

Councilmember Alphonso Thomas
District 2

Councilmember Kyle D. Berry, Sr
District 3

Councilmember Yolanda Barber
District 4

Councilmember Elton Alexander
District 5

CITY MANAGER

Shawn Edmondson

STOCKBRIDGE CITY HALL
CITY CLERK
4640 NORTH HENRY BLVD.
Vanessa Holiday
STOCKBRIDGE, GA 30281
CITY TREASURER Website: www.stockbridgega.org
Frank Milazi
Phone: 770-389-7900

CITY ATTORNEY
Fax: 770-389-7912

Quinton G. Washington Translation and Interpretation Services are available with (7)
days prior notice. Please contact the City’s HR Manager at
770-389-7908 for assistance.
AGENDA
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2025 9:00 AM

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

NEW BUSINESS
1 Council Consideration to approve a Resolution Encouraging the Obtainability of
FLOST Tax Relief and Collaboration Between Henry County and its Respective
Cities. - Presented by:

ADJOURNMENT
STATE OF GEORGIA
CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE

RESOLUTION NO.________________________

A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE OBTAINABILITY OF (FLOST) TAX RELIEF
AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN HENRY COUNTY AND ITS RESPECTIVE
CITIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, the City of Stockbridge, Georgia (“City”) is governed by its Mayor and
Council (“City Council”);

WHEREAS, the Cities of Hampton, Georgia, Locust Grove, Georgia, McDonough,
Georgia, and Stockbridge, Georgia (collectively referred to herein as the “Cities”) are municipal
corporations duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia;

WHEREAS, Henry County, Georgia (“County”) is a duly formed political subdivision of
the State of Georgia (County and Cities collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”);

WHEREAS, the Floating Local Option Sales Tax (“FLOST”) is a new sales tax that can
be levied up to 1 percent and collected county-wide, to afford property tax relief to all residents
within the County and Cities;

WHEREAS, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 48-8-109.30, local governments desiring to impose
a FLOST must enter into an intergovernmental agreement (“FLOST IGA”) calling for a FLOST
referendum;

WHEREAS, the FLOST IGA must distinguish how FLOST revenue will be split, and
must be signed by enough of the Cities to constitute 50% of the County’s total municipalized
population, after excluding municipalities that do not levy a property tax;

WHEREAS, the Cities desire to move expeditiously and call for a referendum at the
upcoming November 2025 election, to avail the Parties’ residents to the option of property tax
relief under FLOST;

WHEREAS, the Cities desire to split FLOST proceeds based upon the 2024 U.S. Census
Survey and the manner in which the parties exhaustively negotiated and resolved recent
jurisdictional sales tax splits (LOST); and

WHEREAS, the split proposed by the Cities recognizes the status quo, the swift manner
in which the Parties must act to maximize FLOST relief and the benefits reaped by residents when
the County and Cities work collaboratively.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the governing authority of the City of
Stockbridge, Georgia, as follows:
Section 1. Distribution. IN RECOGNITION OF the status quo, the essence of time, the
benefits of FLOST, and the value of the County and Cities working collaboratively to maximize
tax relief, the Cities of Hampton, Locust Grove, McDonough and Stockbridge, Georgia, hereby
request that FLOST proceeds, including any interest thereon, be apportioned and distributed
between the Parties as follows:
Entity FLOST Share
Henry County 62.77%
Hampton 5.5%
Locust Grove 5.5%
McDonough 11.5%
Stockbridge 14.73%

Section 2. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that:
(a) All sections, paragraphs, sentences and phrases of this Resolution are or were, upon their
enactment, believed by the City Council to be fully valid, enforceable and constitutional.
(b) To the greatest extent allowed by law, each and every section, paragraph, sentence or
phrase of this Resolution is severable from every other section, paragraph, sentence or
phrase of this Resolution. No section, sentence or phrase of this Resolution is mutually
dependent upon any other section, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this Resolution.
(c) In the event that any phrase or section of this Resolution shall, for any reason whatsoever,
be declared invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, it is the express intent of the City Council
that such invalidity, unconstitutionality or unenforceability shall, to the greatest extent
allowed by law, not render invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of the Resolution.

Section 3. The effective date of this Resolution shall be the date of adoption, unless provided
otherwise by the City Charter, state and/or federal law.

BE IT SO RESOLVED, this ____ day of _________________, 2025.

ATTEST: CITY OF STOCKBRIDGE, GEORGIA:

Vanessa Holiday, City Clerk Anthony S. Ford, Mayor

Approved as to form:

Quinton G. Washington, City Attorney
