Johnson County Justice Center

Johnson County voters decide justice center’s fate today

[Source: “Johnson County voters decide justice center’s fate today,” Gazette, 7 May 2013]

Johnson County residents will head to the polls today to cast their vote on a $43.5 million bond issue to pay for a new justice center.

Polls are open today from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Plans for the justice center include a new 195-bed jail and courtrooms. The facility would be located just behind the existing county courthouse.

The justice center was supported by 56 percent of voters in an election in November, but it needed 60 percent to pass.

By law, the county had to wait wait six months to put the issue on the ballot again. Since November’s vote, the county has slightly reduced the scope of the project. It will ask voters for a $43.5 million bond issue to pay for a $46.2 million project. In the November election it was a $46.8 million bond and a $48.1 million project.

The cost savings would come by:

The only change in the ballot language is the amount of the bond.

SUPPORTERS

Here are some of the arguments presented by supporters of the justice center proposal:

OPPONENTS

Here are some of the arguments presented by opponents:

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