Nov 05, 2024
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Three of El Paso County's five "capital improvement bond" questions are leading after the latest round of voting totals were announced at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The bonds for County parks and recreation and a new animal shelter have been leading all evening. The bond for a new office for the medical examiner is also in the lead. El Paso County is asking voters to approve $323.8 million in what are being called "capital improvement bonds." The County bond is being broken up into five separate ballot questions for voters to decide on individually — parks and recreation; new office for medical examiner; courthouse, sub-courthouses and County annexes; County Coliseum renovation; and a new animal shelter. Here is a breakdown of the County bond questions and how each of the ballot questions are faring: Proposition A -- $95.6 million for parks and recreation; yes with 113,500 or 55.95 percent; no with 89,345 or 44.05 percent. Proposition B -- $26.7 million for a new office for the medical examiner; yes with 102,918 or 50.44 percent; no with 101,117 or 49.56 percent. Proposition C -- $63.3 million for courthouse and annex projects; yes with 86,152 or 42.03 percent; no with 118,828 or 57.97 percent. Proposition D -- $105.5 million for a renovation and modernization effort for the El Paso County Coliseum; yes with 102,694 or 49.55 percent; no with 104,574 or 50.45 percent. and Proposition E -- $32.7 million for a new animal shelter that will be built next to the Jail Annex; yes with 132,648 or 63.58 percent; no with 75,997 or 36.42 percent. County officials estimate that if all five ballot measures pass, the average homeowner will see their taxes increase by about $5 a month or a little more than $60 a year. Meanwhile the $396.6 million bond for University Medical Center continues to lead after the latest round of voting totals were announced and seems headed to a big victory. The UMC bond has 137,376 votes in favor or 65.05 percent and 73,796 votes against or 34.95 percent. UMC says this bond issue will be used to improve the main UMC campus, increase health-care access around the County, build the first “comprehensive cancer center in El Paso,” and develop a burn center. UMC estimates that if the bond is approved, it will have an impact of less than $6 a month for the average homeowner over 30 years. In the Anthony Independent School District, a ballot question asking for 12-cent increase is now in the lead after trailing most of the night. The tax increase has 494 votes in favor of it or 51.09 percent, while 473 votes or 48.91 percent are against. "The district will use these funds to balance our budget, address facility and fleet needs, provide student programming and for teacher and staff salaries," it said on its website in a section devoted to the tax-rate election. If approved that would translate to about $81 more a year, or about $6.75 a month, in property taxes for the average homeowner in the district, Anthony ISD said. Passage of the new tax rate would not cause an increase in property taxes for homeowners who are age 65 or older or those who are disabled and have applied for and received the Over 65 Homestead Exemption, the district said.
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