Voters were also deciding whether money generated by the tax in excess of that needed for the renovation should go toward county services.
Tulare County fronted the $30,000 needed for the emergency water bottles, but officials anticipate being reimbursed through grants from the state Water Resources Control Board, the Bee noted.
But last month, the county's Board of Legislators voted against allocating the entire $10 million needed for the project.
In Montserrado county, the team estimated that 1000 beds are urgently needed for the treatment of currently infected Ebola patients.
With today's technology, solar panels covering just a few counties in Texas could supply all the electricity needed for the entire United States.
Chair of the Development Control Committee Bryan Hammond said those who voted in favour at Wednesday's all-day planning meeting were "mindful of the need for the county to manage its own waste".
These things are true, and when a new jail is built, there probably will be a need for the county to build a modest facility to house inmates with mental illness, since some small minority of them do require locked, hospital-like facilities.
Michelle Isabelle-Sthek, the director of Suffolk County's office of cultural affairs, remembers well the day in 2003 when she became convinced that housing for artists was needed in the county.
In Contra Costa County, progressive reformer Diana Becton, a retired judge and current interim district attorney, received the majority of votes Tuesday in a three person race, but did not secure the majority needed for outright victory in the county.
