Despite intense negotiations and the outside help of a professional mediator, officials from Catoosa County and its two cities — Ringgold and Fort Oglethorpe — have been unable to agree about how to split the annual hefty portion of local option sales tax dollars.
County manager Mike Helton said the one-cent sales tax on each dollar generates $8 million to $9 million a year, which is divided between the county and two cities.
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