Clayton Raises Questions Regarding IGA Amendment

The back and forth regarding the SPLOST’s Intergovernmental Agreement continues.

At their meeting last week, the Rabun County Board of Commissioners voted to amend the intergovernmental agreement by looking at each city and assigning a specific monetary value for each category of projects instead of listing all the categories and a total for that municipality.

While County Attorney Allyn Stockton says the amendment does not mean the IGA was insufficient as Clayton’s suit alleges, City Attorney Mitch Baker said he is not so sure.

“I do feel that it lends some credence to Clayton’s position,” said Baker. “The question now becomes whether or not they have the right to amend that intergovernmental agreement after the fact, and after the voters of Rabun County have voted on it.”

Baker said there is some support to the idea of amending an intergovernmental agreement, but that those instances may have involved a very different set of circumstances than this.

Both Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judges have recused themselves from the case, and it will be instead be heard by the Senior Superior Court Judge G. Grant Brantley.