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Cochise County Jail District board orders Nov. 4, 2025 ballot question on excise tax for jail facilities
Summary
The Cochise County Jail District Board of Directors adopted Resolution JD25-01, calling a Nov. 4, 2025 election asking voters to approve an excise tax to acquire, construct and finance county jail facilities after a brief executive-session review of the resolution's form.
The Cochise County Jail District Board of Directors on Tuesday adopted Resolution JD25-01, calling an election on Nov. 4, 2025, to ask voters to approve an excise tax to acquire, construct and finance county jail facilities.
The board first moved to consider a resolution (initially referenced as AD25-01) and then voted to enter an executive session to review the form of the resolution with legal counsel. The board’s public-body attorney recommended executive session “to discuss the form of this resolution,” and the board discussed whether to exclude a remote member from that executive session because the subject related to election matters rather than litigation.
After returning from executive session, a board member moved to adopt the resolution as amended (recorded in the meeting as JD25-01). The motion was seconded, Vice Chairman Tom Crosby called for the question and the board approved the amended resolution by voice vote. Chair Tom Crosby recorded his affirmative vote; the meeting record shows multiple members answered “aye.” The resolution places a ballot question before county voters seeking approval of an excise tax to fund county jail facilities.
Attendance and procedure details recorded in the meeting: Vice Chairman Tom Crosby presided; Supervisor Kathleen Gomez and other board members were present. Frank Antinori was absent. Tim Lasota participated electronically but was excluded from the executive-session portion because the discussion related to election matters and not to litigation. The board held the special meeting and the executive-session discussion under Arizona’s open-meeting statutes cited during the meeting.
No dollar amount, tax rate, ordinance language, or ballot-question wording beyond the resolution title was stated on the public record during the portions of the meeting included in the transcript, and the record does not specify a precise vote tally for each member. The board adjourned and noted the next Board of Supervisors meeting is scheduled for May 8 at 10 a.m., with a work session on the Mexican gray wolf on that agenda.
Information in this article is based on the board’s special meeting and the recorded motions and statements in the provided meeting transcript.
