COLLIN COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS NOVEMBER 2023
Collin County voters approve $683 million bond package for roads, animal shelter and more
KERA | By Caroline Love
“Voters in Collin County passed all five propositions in the county’s $683 million bond package on Tuesday.
Almost 14% of the county's registered voters — about 98,000 people — had participated in this election.
Most of the bond package — $380 million — will pay for improving county that are being overloaded by the county’s exploding population. the committee that wrote the bond package previously recommended increasing Proposition E to $600 million, which would raise the bond total to $1 billion.
Collin County has a population of more than one million and is the third-fastest developing county in the nation, according to the U.S. Census. That means more cars on county roads that weren’t designed to handle a lot of traffic.
Other propositions will also address growing pains caused by the county’s rapid population expansion. Proposition A will put $216.9 million toward expanding the county’s jail, courthouse and juvenile justice facilities. Proposition C’s $13.4 million will fund a new Medical Examiner’s office.
Proposition B, which passed with about 65% of the vote, will double the size of the county’s animal shelter by February 2027. The $5.7 million proposition will also pay for a cat quarantine room and a clinic with two surgery bays.
Marla Fields, the administrator of animal advocacy group Frisco’s Pet Project, said the shelter has been overcrowded for at least a decade.
Collin County has a population of more than one million and is the third-fastest developing county in the nation, according to the U.S. Census. That means more cars on county roads that weren’t designed to handle a lot of traffic.
Other propositions will also address growing pains caused by the county’s rapid population expansion. Proposition A will put $216.9 million toward expanding the county’s jail, courthouse and juvenile justice facilities. Proposition C’s $13.4 million will fund a new Medical Examiner’s office.
Proposition B, which passed with about 65% of the vote, will double the size of the county’s animal shelter by February 2027. The $5.7 million proposition will also pay for a cat quarantine room and a clinic with two surgery bays.
Marla Fields, the administrator of animal advocacy group Frisco’s Pet Project, said the shelter has been overcrowded for at least a decade.”
https://www.keranews.org/news/2023-11-08/collin-county-voters-approve-683-million-bond-package
Texas voters gave retired teachers raises and approved new infrastructure funds as most constitutional amendments passed
Voters approved a massive property tax cut and several other measures, but refused to raise the mandatory retirement age for judges.
“Property tax cuts, a raise for retired teachers and billions in investments in infrastructure, research, tech and energy have been approved by voters Tuesday night.
Voters weighed 14 constitutional amendments on the ballot, but Proposition 13 which would have allowed judges to retire at a later age was rejected, with barely over one-third of Texans voting for it.
And a few others — including a property tax exemption for biomedical inventory and equipment from property taxes and one to eliminate Galveston County's treasurer position, were passing by only slim margins.
The most definitive support went to Prop 4, the $18 billion property tax relief measure, which had 83% of the vote.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/07/texas-constitutional-amendment-election-results/