Superintendent to Discuss Sales Tax Hike on WRIX Monday

Anderson County School District Five Superintendent Tom Wilson will discuss the proposed one-cent sales tax referendum to fund school projects, which will be on the November ballot Monday at 7 a.m. on WRIX-FM 103.1's "The Morning Show with Greg and Aly."

The money would be used to repair schools and for the construction of a new techinical education center to be built in Anderson and shared by county school districs 3, 4 and 5. Wilson has said pubicly the one-cent tax would not apply to groceries or prescription medications.

The following is the exact wording of the referendums as they appears on the ballot:

Must a special one percent sales and use tax be imposed in Anderson County for not more than fifteen (15) calendar years with  the revenue of the tax used to provide property tax relief, and to pay, directly or indirectly, the cost of education capital  improvement projects in Anderson County, as follows: (1) At least twenty percent (20%) of the proceeds of such tax must be used to reduce property taxes by offsetting the existing debt service millage levy on general obligation bonds of any school  district in Anderson County; (2) Installation, maintenance and improvement of security and public safety measures in each  school district in Anderson County; (3) Acquisition or updating of technology hardware, software and necessary  infrastructure in each school district in Anderson County; (4) Constructing, improving and equipping a facility for career and  technical education to serve Anderson County School District Nos. 3, 4 and 5, but solely from proceeds of such tax allocated to  those school districts; and (5) Repairing or replacing roofs and HVAC systems for any school buildings in each school district in Anderson County; (6) Constructing, improving, renovating and equipping any instructional, fine arts or athletic spaces or  facilities in each school district in Anderson County; (7) Acquiring land whereon to construct school facilities in each school  district in Anderson County; and (8) Acquiring student transportation vehicles in each school district in Anderson County? All revenue received by the school districts from the sales and use tax will be used to reduce property taxes needed to pay debt  service on school district bonds or to directly pay costs of education capital improvements projects identified herein.

In favor of the question /yes

Opposed to the question/no

Only in the event that “Education Capital Improvements Sales and Use Tax Act Referendum” above is approved, shall the Board  of Trustees of School District No. 5 of Anderson County, South Carolina (the “School District”), be authorized to issue and sell, either as a single issue or as several separate issues, general obligation bonds of the School District in the aggregate principal amount of not exceeding $60,000,000, the proceeds of which shall be applied to defray the costs (including architectural, engineering, legal and related fees) of the following: 1. Installation, maintenance and improvement of security and public safety measures; 2. Acquisition or updating of technology hardware, software and necessary infrastructure; 3. Constructing, improving and equipping a facility for career and technical education to serve Anderson County School District Nos. 3, 4 and 5; 4. Repairing or replacing roofs and HVAC systems for any school building; 5. Constructing, improving, renovating and equipping any instructional, fine arts or athletic spaces or facilities; 6. Acquiring land whereon to construct school facilities; and 7. Acquiring student transportation vehicles?

In favor of the question / yes

Opposed to the question / no