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Hall County tax-sharing talks will go to court
County, cities fail to reach deal on how to divide sales tax money
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A judge will have the final say on how Hall County and its municipalities will split sales tax revenues after independent and mediated talks between the governments fell through. County and city officials confirmed Friday that local option sales tax revenue-sharing negotiations, which have been ongoing for months, will go to arbitration in superior court. “We’re hoping it wouldn’t, but it does look like it’s going to arbitration,” Gainesville Mayor Danny Dunagan said.