A drawing of the proposed public safety center. DRAWING Provided by Edmond Police Station
EDMOND — A telephone survey of 300 Edmond residents who voted in the recent public safety center property tax election shows 78 percent think the city took the wrong approach.
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The majority of those surveyed think Edmond probably needs a new public safety center, but they didn’t like city’s proposed plan.
A $31.5 million proposition failed earlier this month with 61.2 percent voting no to raising their property taxes for 10 years to fund the center.
City Officials said the results will help them decide their next approach to replacing the police station, 911 center and emergency operations headquarters.
"The results are being analyzed by the contracting company, city council and staff,” City Manager Larry Stevens said. "Comments on the results will be available after a final analysis has been completed by all involved.”
Mayor Dan O’Neil said Tuesday he wasn’t ready to talk about the survey. He said he wants to talk to the people from CHS & Associates, a national research firm that conducted the survey for the city.
The city paid $3,600 for the survey.
The mayor wants to bring the voters a new public safety center proposal as soon as possible, but said, "It is not a simple task.”
Property tax increase opponents said a new center should be paid for with a sales tax. In the survey, 62 percent of the people said a new public safety center should be funded with a sales tax increase; 11 percent supported a property tax increase.
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Survey of 300 Edmond voters • 62 percent voted against the public safety center proposal.
• 56 percent voted no because of the funding plan.
• 8 percent voted no because center was too expensive.
• 44 percent said property taxes should be left to fund the schools.
• 23 percent said the property tax increase was too much.
• 3 percent said the city doesn’t need a new public safety center.
• 7 percent said the cost of the center per square foot was too high.
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