Lucas County, Ohio, Issue 10, Jail Construction Bond Issue (November 2018)
| Issue 10: Lucas County Jail Construction Bond Issue |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Defeated
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| Topic: |
| Local bonds |
| Related articles |
| Local bonds on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in Ohio Lucas County, Ohio ballot measures |
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| Lucas County, Ohio |
A bond issue was on the ballot for Lucas County voters in Lucas County, Ohio, on November 6, 2018. It was defeated.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the county to issue up to $185,000,000 in bonds with a tax rate of approximately $0.137 per $100 of assessed valued for the purposes of construction and equipping a new county jail. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing the county to issue up to $185,000,000 in bonds with a tax rate of approximately $0.137 per $100 of assessed valued for the purposes of construction and equipping a new county jail. |
Election results
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Lucas County Issue 10 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 60,462 | 41.02% | ||
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86,919 | 58.98% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall bonds be issued by the County of Lucas for the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equipping a new County jail and behavioral health assessment center and acquiring, clearing, improving and equipping the sites thereof in the principal amount of $185,000,000, to be repaid annually over a maximum period of 37 years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue 1.37 mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to $0.137 for each one hundred dollars of tax evaluation, commencing in 2018, first due in calendar year 2019, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?[2] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Lucas County, Ohio.
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Lucas County, "General Election Sample Ballot," accessed October 31, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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