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Yavapai County staff to prepare ballot question to raise jail district sales tax; supervisors back voter outreach
Summary
County staff outlined history and fiscal impact of increasing the jail district sales tax from the current quarter‑cent to the statutory half‑cent; staff estimated the increase could generate roughly $16.2 million and largely eliminate current general‑fund transfers to jail operations. Board directed staff to prepare ballot language and public outreach materials.
County management reviewed the history and funding structure of the jail district sales tax and presented the potential fiscal effect of increasing the district rate.
Mr. Berdan (county management) and staff told the board the jail district was created by voters in 1999 at a quarter‑cent sales tax and later extended. They said statute allows a county of Yavapai’s size to levy up to a half‑cent for a jail district. "If you increase it from the current quarter cent to a…
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