Checking the work
Where to check how the money was spent
Bottom line: You can see the money that came in. Records of how the city spent it mostly stop in 2020.
RecordCan you see it?
What the state paid the city and county in sales taxPublicGeorgia Department of Revenue · Look it up
SPLOST split between county and citiesPublicCounty and city meeting minutes, Dec 2023–Jan 2024 · Look it up
City's yearly SPLOST report (required by Dec 31 each year)Not foundNewspaper and city website
County's yearly SPLOST reportPartly publicturnercountygeorgia.com. Posted through December 2020 · Look it up
How the city spent its TSPLOST cash sharePartly publicCity audit (special revenue fund). Only FY2020 is public: $18,699 spent, $91,508 left
City audits after June 2020Not foundGeorgia Dept. of Audits; city website
How to ask for a record
Anyone can ask City Hall for public records under the Georgia Open Records Act. Send a written request to the city clerk; the city has three business days to respond. City Hall: 259 E Washington Ave, (229) 567-3431.
Questions the public record doesn't answer yet
- Where are the city's yearly SPLOST reports? State law requires one by December 31 each year, in the newspaper and on the city website.
- How much SPLOST money has the city received since 2020, and what's left in the account after the fire truck lease?
- What did the city spend its regional TSPLOST cash (about $659,000 from 2018 to 2026) on?
- Which 30 streets are in Ashburn's $4.9 million regional TSPLOST batch, and when does work start?
- How is the property-tax-relief sales tax shared with the city, and what relief do city property owners see?
- Fund totals for the adopted FY2026 and FY2027 budgets.
- Which audit years are filed with the state, and the date for each one still open.
- Ashburn's current millage rate, and hotel-motel tax collected since FY2022.
Compiled from public records as of October 22, 2026. Sales tax figures are unaudited state payment records; audits are the official word on what the city spent. For anything official, call City Hall at (229) 567-3431.