El Paso County to vote on $720 million in bonds for parks, medical facilities, and more
El Paso County voters will decide on two multimillion-dollar bonds on Tuesday.
El Paso County is proposing a$323.8 million Capital Improvement Bond, with five propositions listed on the ballot.
The El Paso County Hospital District is also proposing a bond of $396.6 million for voters.
The bond is set to go towards the construction of a burn center, adding critical care beds, and operating rooms, as well as a comprehensive cancer center, a geriatric center, and expanding with new facilities.
UMC placed the bond on the ballot as one proposition with four projects.
PROPOSITION A: "The issuance of $396,600,000 hospital district bonds for the purpose of providing funds for acquiring, constructing, equipping, renovating and/or enlarging the District's hospital system, including (A) expansion of cancer treatment facilities, (B) improvements to the University Medical Center of El Paso Campus including expansion of treatment services for burn victims, (C) construction of, and/or improvements to, new clinical facilities in Central El Paso focused on older adult/geriatric care, and additional clinical, surgical, and rehabilitation facilities across the County of El Paso, and (D) the acquisition of land and/or other property rights for authorized system purposes; and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the costs of any credit agreements executed in connection with the bonds."
If bond bonds are approved by voters, taxpayers will have a debt of more than $720 million.
