Platte County jail tax on ballot could bring in $400 million. Will voters OK 20-year hike? Read more at: https://www.ka

Voters in Platte County will decide next month if they want to pay a half-cent sales tax for the next 20 years to expand the jail, more than doubling its current capacity.

The jail expansion project in Platte City is expected to cost $85 million, which the county wants to issue in general obligation bonds and then pay back through the new proposed sales tax hike. Voters will need to approve each measure separately — one question on the ballot asks about taking out the $85 million in bonds and the other asks about adding the sales tax.

Beyond the cost of the expansion, the sales tax is expected to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, $400 million total, which would fund additional staff positions and services at the jail.

A 2019 measure to expand the facility failed.




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