A property tax in the Las Vegas Valley will continue to pay for Metropolitan Police Department officers for an additional three decades .

The Clark County Commission and the Las Vegas City Council approved a 30-year-extension of a 0.2 percent “ad valorem” tax on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.

That adds up to 20 cents for every $100 assessed on a home within the city and unincorporated county.

The tax pays for 825 Metro positions, of about a quarter of its police officers.

Voters originally greenlit the tax in 1996. It was set to expire in 2027, but the 2025 Nevada Legislature stepped in to extend it until 2057.

Local governments had to approve the measure afterward.

Officials had argued that not approving the extension would have left Metro with an annual shortfall of about $15

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