SELAH, Wash. — Selah residents will decide Tuesday night whether they’re willing to agree to a tax of 53 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value to fund the creation of a new law and justice center.
Selah Police Chief Dan Christman said the building is necessary for public safety and the city’s growing population because city departments are running out of room and are dealing with outdated facilities.
“We’re hoping that that the citizens have done their research and I certainly have answered a lot of questions over the last few months,” Christman said. “This building is intended to to last us for 50 years or 40 years anyway, depending on how population growth occurs here in Selah.”
The new public safety building would be located in the 300 block of Naches Avenue across from a school and would house the police department, municipal court and city council.
“For us, it means a new modern police department that we can operate out of and serves our mission to keep our communities safe and secure and be able to package and process evidence more effectively and efficiently than we can here,” Christman said.
Christman said if people support the idea of a new public safety building, they should vote yes on the City of Selah Proposition 1 on the ballot.
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