Gwinnett County commissioners are one step closer to asking voters to consider a sales tax to support transit expansion in the county.
The commission voted unanimously to declare their intent to vote in May on whether to call for a referendum on a 1% transit special purpose local option sales tax. Tuesday’s decision does not constitute an actual call for a referendum, however.
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