Camas voters reject utility tax that would have funded police staffing

Camas voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the city’s utility taxes by 4 percent to fund new police department positions.

Initial results posted to the Clark County Elections website at 8 p.m. Tuesday show Proposition 5 failing with 60.69 percent, or 3,185 voters, casting ballots against the measure and 39.31 percent, or 2,063 voters, voting for it.