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Curry County commissioners vote to place five-year law‑enforcement levy on May ballot
Summary
The Curry County Board of Commissioners voted 3‑0 to place a five‑year local-option tax (SEL 805) asking $1.12 per $1,000 assessed value on the May ballot to fund deputies, dispatch and search-and-rescue support.
Curry County commissioners voted unanimously on Dec. 19 to place a five‑year local‑option tax question (SEL 805) on the May ballot that would levy $1.12 per $1,000 of assessed property value to fund the sheriff’s patrol and 911 dispatch.
The measure as read into the record estimates initial annual revenue of about $4,280,920 to add five patrol deputies, two dispatchers and one sergeant, and to provide $122,605 toward marine and search‑and‑rescue costs. The board’s packet and reading said the levy is intended to replace roughly…
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