Overview
- Incomplete, unofficial returns showed about 90% voting against the measure with 27 of 31 boxes reporting Tuesday night.
- The package would have added roughly $5.4 million per year, including $4.5 million from flat assessments of $150 on homes, $300 on commercial properties and $25 on undeveloped land.
- It also proposed a 4.5% tax on tobacco and vaping products projected to raise about $960,000 annually.
- Funds were designated for a new county jail, expansion of the judicial complex to house two new judges, increased support for volunteer fire departments and road and bridge projects.
- Commission Chairman Bart Mercer thanked voters and said the county will continue working through growth-driven demands on infrastructure, law enforcement and fire services.