With the rapid growth of the local population, the need for emergency services has increased along with the need to fund those services. An item on the current ballot for the uniform election involves increasing the cap of ad valorem tax to be allocated to the Emergency Service District 9 that funds local EMS services. Early voting started April 22, and the election date is
The emergency district wants to build more stations and buy more ambulances. A proposition on the May ballot is the first step toward increasing the property tax rate to help pay for it.