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Greene County passes jail tax County brief
By Joe Grove Paragould Daily Press
PARAGOULD — Greene County voters turned out Nov. 8 to overwhelmingly pass a sales tax and a bond for operation and maintenance and construction of new jail facilities. Tere were two issues on the county ballot. One was the adoption of a .375 percent sales and use tax to fund maintenance and operation of the county jail facility. Te second was authorization to issue bonds for new jail construction and .375 sales and use tax to last the duration of the bond. Te tax to fund jail operation and maintenance passed with 1,708 voting for it and 629 voting against it. Te vote on the sales tax and bond for construction of the new facility was 1,742 for and 641 against. Te proposed addition to the jail will increase the jail’s total capacity to nearly 500 inmates and
is projected to cost $16,323,960, and operation and maintenance of the facility will cost a little more than $2 million a year. Dave Tierney, head of the Blue Ribbon Commission that pushed passage of the two county issues, said, “Te people realize that we have been short at the jail and they have answered the call for a tax. Tat way it is equal in that everyone pays instead of just a millage [where only property owners pay]. Tis will benefit the entire county. It is a great day for Greene County Detention Center and the county itself.” Jerry Shipman, county judge, said, “I just think it is super great for the people of Greene County to come forward It is really what I expected them to do because our jail was in such deplorable shape. It had us handicap and had the judicial system and law enforcement people tied up.” Dan Langston, Greene County Sheriff, also praised the people of Greene County for their action in voting for the jail improvement.
Debra Lang is honored with Kenneth Eddy Award
Te Kenneth Eddy Award is given each year to an outstanding assessor who is actively in- volved, is in good standing with the Arkansas Assessor’s Asso- ciation, displays a willingness to listen to others, and has person- ally contributed to the better- ment of the association as a whole. Tis year’s recipi- ent was White County
Asses-
sor Debra Lang. Lang
received
the award Oct. 20 at the Asses- sor’s fall confer-
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Debra Lang, White County Assessor accepts the award for outstanding assessor Oct. 20 in Hot Springs.
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