Yellowstone County General Obligation Bond Election Question: Detention Facility Expansion
What does this measure do?
Yellowstone County would borrow up to $175 million to expand and repair its jail, from 434 to about 756 beds. Property owners would repay it over up to 20 years; the county estimates $64 more per year for a $300,000 home.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners (Resolution No. 26-106)
The elected board that runs the county. It passed a resolution to put this borrowing on the ballot. Montana law makes voters approve county borrowing that is paid back with property taxes.
Source: yellowstonecountymt.gov
A YES vote means
Allow up to $175 million in county bonds for the jail expansion, repaid with property taxes. The county would expand the jail only if voters also approve the separate public safety tax.
A NO vote means
Do not authorize the $175 million jail bond or its property tax repayment. The proposed jail expansion would not go ahead through this bond.
Source: yellowstonecountymt.gov