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Public safety and health services levy renewal to be placed on November 2017 ballot
To continue current health and safety services, Benton County will ask voters on the November 2017 ballot to approve a five-year $.90 per $1,000 assessed valuation beginning 2018. This measure would renew current local option taxes, would begin in 2018 and last for five years.
The purpose of this levy renewal is twofold. First, it would continue funding the rental of 40 beds for Benton County inmates in nearby county jails. Second, it would continue funding for public safety and health services because of the expiration of guaranteed federal forest payments.
This levy would continue the same maximum tax rate of $.90 per $1,000 assessed value (AV) as the previous levy. The tax would cost $7.50 per month or $90 per year for every $100,000 of a property’s assessed value.
Renewal of Jail Space Rental and Corrections Levy
This levy would continue to fund rental of 40 jail beds for Benton County inmates and related services, which may include:
- Inmate placement and transportation;
- A transition program for local and State inmates who complete their sentences and need assistance to effectively reintegrate back into the community; and,
- Crisis Intervention Program which allows Sheriff’s Deputies and mental health workers to collectively respond to calls of service involving mental health situations.
Maintain Limited Public Safety and Health Services
This levy would continue health and safety services that were supported by the previous levy including:
- Public Safety Services: 24-hour sheriff’s patrol and investigation; substance abuse treatment programs for juveniles and adults; street crimes unit addressing crimes impacting livability issues; forensic investigation and child abuse cases; counseling and outreach for juvenile offenders; juvenile detention services; the school resource deputy program which supports student substance abuse prevention; and collaborative Crisis Intervention Teams addressing cases of severe mental health crisis presenting risk of criminal activity.
- Health Services: Communicable disease outbreak prevention and investigation; high-risk maternal/child healthcare nursing; community health assessment and health improvement planning; and county-wide, school-based mental health services that provide prevention and early intervention to children/youth at risk of mental health problems, depression, suicide, delinquency, and school failure.
La renovación del gravamen para los servicios de seguridad y salud públicas se incluirá en la votación de noviembre de 2017
Con objeto de continuar con los servicios se seguridad y salud actuales, el Condado de Benton pedirá a los participantes en la votación de 2017 la aprobación de un gravamen de 0,90 $ por cada 1000 $ de valor catastral durante cinco años desde 2018. Esta medida, que renovaría los impuestos de opción local, comenzaría en 2018 y duraría cinco años.
El propósito de esta renovación del gravamen es doble. En primer lugar, continuaría financiando el alquiler de 40 camas para los reclusos del Condado de Benton en las cárceles cercanas al condado. En segundo lugar, seguiría financiando los servicios de salud y seguridad públicas a causa de la caducidad de los pagos forestales federales garantizados.
Este gravamen continuaría teniendo la tasa impositiva máxima de 0,90 $ por cada 1000 $ de valor catastral (AV) al igual que el gravamen anterior. El impuesto constaría 7,50 $ al mes o 90 $ al año por cada 100 000 $ de valor catastral de una propiedad.
Renovación del gravamen de alquiler de espacio de prisiones y correccionales
Este gravamen seguiría financiando el alquiler de 40 camas de cárcel para los reclusos del Condado de Benton y servicios relacionados, que podrían incluir lo siguiente:
- Ubicación y transporte de reclusos.
- Un programa de transición para los reclusos locales y estatales que cumplan su condena y necesiten ayuda para reintegrarse de forma efectiva a la comunidad; y
- Programa de atención en crisis, que permite que los oficiales del alguacil y los trabajadores de salud mental puedan responder de forma colectiva a llamadas relacionadas con situaciones de salud mental.
Mantener servicios limitados de seguridad y salud públicas
Este gravamen permitiría continuar los servicios de salud y seguridad que financiaba el gravamen anterior, incluyendo:
- Servicios de seguridad pública: patrulla de policía día y noche e investigación; programas de tratamiento contra abuso de sustancias para jóvenes y adultos; unidades de combate contra delitos callejeros que impacten la vida en la comunidad; investigación forense y casos de abuso infantil; asesoría y contacto con jóvenes delincuentes; servicios de detención para jóvenes; el programa auxiliar de recursos escolares, que ayuda a prevenir el abuso de sustancias entre estudiantes; y los equipos colaborativos de intervención en crisis, que se encargan de crisis graves de salud mental con riesgo de actividad delictiva.
- Servicios de salud: prevención e investigación de brotes de enfermedades contagiosas; servicios de enfermería para atención maternal/infantil de alto riesgo; planificación de mejoras a la salud y evaluación de la salud de la comunidad; y servicios de atención mental en la escuela, para todo el condado, para prevenir e intervenir de forma temprana en casos de niños o jóvenes con riesgo de problemas de salud mental, depresión, suicidio, delincuencia y atraso escolar.