JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – Johnson County voters may decide on a new jail after years of debate.
The county Board of Supervisors is set to vote on the ballot language for a bond question in two weeks.
The cost to acquire land and construct a new Johnson County jail and sheriff’s office is estimated to be $96 million. For taxpayers, that would add $107 a year per $100,000 of assessed property value. That increase would last a decade…