The Tallapoosa County Board of Education on Monday signed a letter to the Tallapoosa County Commission specifying $29.8 million in projects it wants completed through funding from the county’s 1-cent sales tax.
Commission chair T.C. Coley recently sent the board an email asking for the list, projected construction costs, ranking of priority and a projected completion date for each project.
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