Ballot measures

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; The issuance of $296,500,000 bonds for the purpose of designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, expanding, and equipping court facilities, adult detention facilities, medical and mental health detention facilities, and including adult probation facilities, and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay principal and interest thereon.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; The issuance of $475,000,000 bonds for the purpose of designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, extending, expanding and maintaining non-tolled roads and bridges within Collin County, including the acquisition of land and rights-of-way therefor, and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay principal and interest thereon.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; The issuance of $6,000,000 bonds for the purpose of acquiring, designing, developing, constructing, renovating, improving, and equipping land for park and open space purposes, and including joint county-city projects, and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay principal and interest thereon.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; The issuance of $40,000,000 bonds for the purpose of designing, developing, constructing, and equipping a new County elections and storage facility, including election department offices, election training, election storage, County records, historical documents and equipment storage, and the levy of a tax sufficient to pay principal and interest thereon.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; the issuance of $600,000,000 in bonds for college facilities used for workforce training, career and technical education, and academic instruction, and the levy of taxes sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; the issuance of bonds in the amount of $60,000,000 for street improvements and the levy of taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; The issuance of $443,000,000 general obligation bonds for public safety improvements and facilities, including fire, police and emergency services; the levying of a tax sufficient to pay principal and interest thereon; the estimated amount of repayment, including principal and interest based on current market conditions being $629,618,180.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; Approving the ad valorem tax rate of $0.679900 per $100 valuation in the City of Garland, Texas for the current year, a rate that is $0.036646 higher per $100 of valuation than the voter-approval tax rate of the City of Garland, Texas, for the purpose of increasing staff for the police department, fire department, 9-1-1 dispatch department and parks department, increasing funding for roadway construction and maintenance, maintaining and enhancing levels of city-wide services and competitive pay for public safety and city personnel. Last year, the ad valorem tax rate in the City of Garland, Texas was $0.689746 per $100 valuation.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE; Authorizing the City’s venue project, specifically being a new multipurpose arena for professional or amateur sports, entertainment, and civic events in The Shops at Willow Bend shopping mall area in the City, and authorizing imposition of one or more of the following for the purpose of financing the venue project: (1) a short-term motor vehicle rental tax in the City at a rate not to exceed 5%; (2) an event parking tax at the venue project not to exceed $3.00 per vehicle; (3) an event admissions tax at the venue project at a rate not to exceed 10% of each ticket price; (4) a venue facility use tax in an amount not to exceed $5,000 per game on each member of a major league team that plays a professional sports game at the venue project; (5) a hotel occupancy tax in the City at a rate not to exceed 2% of the room price. If approved, the maximum hotel occupancy tax rate imposed from all sources in the City of Plano would be 15% of the price paid for a room in a hotel.

The creation of the Lavon Municipal Development District and the imposition of a sales and use tax at the rate of one-half of one percent (0.50%) for the purpose of financing development projects beneficial to the district.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $25,500,000 general obligation bonds for street improvements in the Wylie Downtown Historic District and Ballard/Sachse Road and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $22,500,000 general obligation bonds for park and recreation facilities at Founders Park, Community Park, East Fork Park and Avalon Lake Park, the acquisition of land for future park facilities, the renovation of an existing city building for a parks building and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $25,000,000 general obligation bonds for public safety facilities and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $5,500,000 general obligation bonds for a public works complex, the renovation of an existing city building for a public works building and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $12,000,000 general obligation bonds for an animal shelter and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $0.91090 per $100 valuation in Bland Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 8.49 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the District for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $268,919.

THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of $1.0664 per $100 valuation in the McKinney Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 4.4222 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the District for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $9,142,763.

THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $430,950,000 of bonds by the McKinney Independent School District for designing, constructing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring, and equipping school facilities, the purchase of the necessary sites for school facilities, buses and vehicles and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $62,000,000 of bonds by the McKinney Independent School District for instructional technology equipment and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $4,500,000 of bonds by the McKinney Independent School District for designing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring, and equipping the existing McKinney High School training pool, and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.

THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. The issuance of $2,550,000 of bonds by the McKinney Independent School District for designing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring, and equipping existing stadium facilities and related infrastructure and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.