Critics say it's lavish beyond practicality and far too expensive for the county.
If approved, the bond measure will raise property taxes 47 cents per thousand dollars of taxable value. The operating levy will raise rates a maximum of 45 cents. The county's current jail, which adjoins the Benton County Courthouse in downtown Corvallis, was built in 1976 as a stop-gap measure. County officials had planned to build a new, larger jail within 10 or 15 years. But the new jail never materialized.