The SPLOST II Residents Review Committee held a meeting on December 11, 2025, at 178 Sams Street to discuss the next phase of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) in DeKalb County. The session began with introductions from Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County Government.
Terry Phillips, Interim County Attorney for DeKalb County Government, provided an explanation of what SPLOST is and gave an overview of both SPLOST I and SPLOST II. Chris Kingsbury, Program Manager for DeKalb County Government, also contributed to the discussion about the two phases of SPLOST.
Phillips continued by outlining the details of the SPLOST II referendum and reviewing the roles and responsibilities assigned to committee members. Zachary Williams, Chief Operating Officer for DeKalb County Government, led a review of adopted broad spending categories before transitioning into the committee meeting segment.
Elections were held for Chair and Co-Chair positions within the committee under Phillips’s direction. Public comments were invited by Williams as part of community engagement efforts.
The meeting concluded with a discussion on next steps and was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Recent data from https://www.gadoe.org/ shows that enrollment in DeKalb County schools dropped by 2.2% during the 2022-23 school year compared to the previous year. In total, county schools enrolled 98,287 students during that period (https://www.gadoe.org/). White students accounted for 14% of this student population in 2022-23 (https://www.gadoe.org/).
