The SPLOST II Residents Review Committee held a meeting on December 11, 2025, at 178 Sams Street to discuss the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) program in DeKalb County. The agenda included an overview of both SPLOST I and SPLOST II, as well as a review of the committee’s roles and responsibilities.
Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County Government, opened the meeting with introductions. Terry Phillips, Interim County Attorney for DeKalb County Government, provided an explanation of what SPLOST is and later discussed the SPLOST II referendum along with committee roles and responsibilities.
Chris Kingsbury, Program Manager for DeKalb County Government, gave an overview of both SPLOST I and SPLOST II programs. Zachary Williams, Chief Operating Officer for DeKalb County Government, reviewed the adopted broad spending categories before transitioning to the committee portion of the meeting.
Elections for Chair and Co-Chair positions within the committee were conducted by Terry Phillips. Public comments were then facilitated by Zachary Williams. The meeting concluded with a discussion on next steps and adjourned at 7:30pm.
Recent data from DeKalb County schools shows that enrollment dropped by 2.2% in the 2022-23 school year compared to the previous year (https://www.gadoe.org/). During that period, total student enrollment was 98,287 (https://www.gadoe.org/), with White students making up 14% of the student body—the third largest ethnic group represented (https://www.gadoe.org/).
