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.