Public Safety Tax changes in Comanche County
Public Safety Tax changes in Comanche County By Dallas Payeton | March 3, 2021 at 6:10 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 6:10 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - A public safety tax will be extended for the next 10-years after voters approved the proposition.
Capital Improvement funds will remain the same. Volunteer Fire Departments, the Fairground, and Sheriff’s Department will see a small decrease. The Comanche County Industrial Development Authority will see about an 81-percent decrease. The money that is being reduced from those areas will now go towards the jail.
Comanche County Commissioner Alvin Cargill said he doesn’t see the extra funding going toward the jail as an increase, but something that was long overdue.
Comanche County voters decide on public safety tax extension
Time to revote on long time tax thatâs helped many By Dallas Payeton | February 24, 2021 at 10:22 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 10:27 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Comanche County voters will get a chance to extend a public safety tax thatâs been around for a few decades.
Every seven years, the Comanche County Public Safety tax has to be voted on again by community members.
Chris Jones is the Indiahoma Fire Department Chief.
He said the Public Safety Tax brings in steady income every month that Indiahoma and other volunteer fire departments rely on.