Voters in north Clark and south Cowlitz counties have once again decided to maintain a key funding tool for North Country Emergency Medical Services.
Early results from Tuesday night’s primary show voters throwing broad support behind a ballot measure designed to uphold a long-standing excess property tax levy that raises money for the Yacolt-based ambulance provider.
The measure needed approval from at least 60 percent of the voters to pass. About 77 percent of the voters in North Country’s service area, which includes a portion of south Cowlitz County, supported the measure.
The levy charges homeowners in the service area $1.50 for every $1,000 of assessed value of their homes for one year. The money goes toward funding North Country’s expenses for supplies and salaries for the next three years.