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Residents urge transparency, question selected site after Clark County jail levy fails
Summary
Multiple residents at the Nov. 5 Clark County commissioners meeting urged greater transparency and community engagement after voters rejected a sales-tax levy for a proposed safety complex; speakers questioned the site choice, valuation, and mitigation for neighbors and said the vote reflected distrust in the process, not opposition to a new facility.
A broad swath of Clark County residents urged the Board of Clark County Commissioners on Nov. 5 to pause the planned acquisition of land for a proposed safety complex and to provide clearer information about how the parcel was selected and valued.
Dan Freeman, speaking "on behalf of residents," asked the commissioners for "a real town hall meeting," a full site-selection matrix, a temporary pause on any land purchase and "a defined mitigation" plan for neighbors if the acquisition proceeds. He told the commissioners the recent sales-tax levy did not merely fail but "failed by nearly 80%," and said that margin indicated a lack of public trust in the process rather than a blanket rejection of a new jail.
Katy Ryan Schilke, a lifelong Springfield Township resident, said she supports a new safety complex in…
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