Question 1 - One Percent Sales and Use Tax

Must a special One Percent Sales and Use Tax be imposed in Williamsburg County (the "County") for not more than eight (8) years from the date (May 1, 2026) of imposition to raise the amounts specified for the following purposes and in order to pay the costs (including land acquisition and architectural, engineering, legal, administrative costs, and related fees) of the following projects? Tier 1 1 Emergency Management / 911 Upgrading the radio communication infrastructure, upgrading obsolete radios, County Fire, EMS, Sheriff's Office $ 3,000,000.00 2 JJ Mitcheom Center Hemingway Renovation of building, new air units, fix roof, ceiling repairs, renovate restrooms, upgrade electrical $ 800,000.00 3 Clemson Extension Building Renovation of building, replace gas heaters and air conditioner units, level building, paint and renovate restrooms $ 600,000.00 4 Alex Chatman Building Renovate building, replace air conditioner units, repair windows, replace carpet, stage and curtains $ 950,000.00 Tier 2 5 Williamsburg County Parks Community Parks and Centers Improvements $ 1,000,000.00 6 Town of Kingstree Renovate Town Hall, Demolish Old Police Department $ 2,500,000.00 7 Town of Hemingway Hemingway Recreation Park Upgrades $ 2,000,000.00 8 Town of Greeleyville Renovation and addition to Kennedy Center $ 800,000.00 Tier 3 9 County Recreation Replace air conditioner units, renovate concession stand, tennis courts, pickle ball courts $ 250,000.00 10 Williamsburg Airport Renovate and revitalize the airport $ 1,000,000.00 11 Town of Lanes Community Center Renovations $ 250,000.00 12 Town of Stuckey Acquire and Construct a new Town Hall $ 200,000.00 Tier 4 13 PSA Building Security related upgrades to Treasurer and Tax Offices $ 250,000.00 14 Coroner's Office Equipping building with updated equipment and transport vehicles, morgue racks and stretcher system $ 300,000.00 15 Landfill Management Replace recycling compactor/bailer $ 500,000.00 16 Mental Health Building Renovate the building, replace roof and upgrade electrical $ 100,000.00 Total Cost of Capital Projects Not to Exceed $ 14,500,000.00 Pending the receipt of the Tax, must the County also be authorized to issue and sell, either as a single issue or as several separate issues, general obligation bonds (the "Bonds") of the County in the aggregate principal amount of not exceeding $14,500,000 including cost of issuance of the Bonds to be paid from the Tax? The maximum amount of net proceeds of the Tax which may be applied to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds must not exceed $10,000,000. The not exceeding $10,000,000 principal amount of Bonds to be issued together with interest shall be repaid from the Tax which shall be pledged for the repayment of the Bonds. CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE COLLECTED UNDER THE CAPITAL PROJECT SALES TAX ACT: Net proceeds of the capital project sales and use tax, if approved, must be expended for the purposes stated in the priority Tiers listed above; provided, however, that the order of funding of the projects may be adjusted on the basis of construction schedules or other events that may affect the schedule for any particular project; and provided that multiple projects may be funded simultaneously based on the formula or system contained in a bond ordinance enacted by the Williamsburg County Council. The expenditure of revenues from the capital projects sales and use tax, if approved, shall be subject to acquisition of title, right-of-way, design and engineering considerations, environmental issues, the discovery of historic sites or endangered species, legal issues, the receipt of necessary permits, funding of projects from other sources, bids in excess of project estimates, qualifications of bidders, cost overruns, exhaustion or insufficiency or net sales and use tax revenues to complete all projects in order and priority provided herein and other unforeseen circumstances and conditions. If net sales and use tax revenues are insufficient to fund completely all projects, the lowest priority project(s) will not be fully funded. In such event, the lowest priority project(s) will be initiated only upon the condition of availability of funding from other sources to complete the project(s).