KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Klamath County commissioners have decided not to ask voters if they want to raise their property taxes to pay for the jail.
The Herald and News newspaper (http://bit.ly/x58lkr ) reports that the board voted Tuesday to remove a three-year jail levy from the May 15 ballot.
The reason is that the Legislature enacted a bill this year allowing Klamath and other counties to use money normally restricted to road maintenance to fund sheriff’s offices.
The $1.6 million levy would have cost the owner of a $200,000 home an extra $80 a year.
