MOULTRIE, Ga. — County and city officials recently made details of a proposed extension of a 1 percent sales tax clearer by deciding the amount of funds available for entities such as the Colquitt County Hospital Authority.

Together three organizations — the hospital authority; parks and recreation, jointly funded by Moultrie and the county; and the Moultrie-Colquitt County Economic Development Authority — had asked for a total of $5.7 million from anticipated special purpose local sales tax collections.

That breaks down to requests of $2 million from the hospital, $1.2   million from parks and recreation and $2.5         million for economic development. City and county officials agreed to maintain funding for those groups the same as already allocated: $500,000, $600,000 and $500,000, respectively.

Those requests would have come out of a projected $31.4 million in anticipated revenue if voters approve extending the current penny sales tax in March 2017. That approval would allow the tax to “roll over” without interruption to begin collections in 2019 when the six-year tax approved in 2013 ends.

Of the anticipated $31.4 million, $3.5 million would go toward renovations at Colquitt County Courthouse, Annex and Jail.

The remaining $26.9 million would be allocated based on population among the county, Berlin, Doerun, Funston, Ellenton, Moultrie and Norman Park.

An additional $1 million in unallocated funds would be added to that amount and split by the same formula.

Voters approved Colquitt County’s first SPLOST in 1999, and if they approve it next year it would extend without interruption through 2024.

In the past the county has used money raised through the tax for such projects as courthouse renovations and construction of the courthouse annex building and courtroom in the ground floor of that building. It also has helped on county road projects.

Part of the money also traditionally has been split with the municipalities for their projects, and for other entities such as the Colquitt County Hospital Authority and Colquitt County Economic Development Authority.