If Ellis County voters this spring don’t pass two proposed quarter-cent countywide sales taxes, it will mean a reduction in services, said Jason Kennedy, director of the county’s emergency services and the health department.
“None of us want that to happen,” said Kennedy, speaking to a handful of Ellis County residents who showed up on Ash Wednesday at the Hays VFW Post 9076 for a county-sponsored educational session on the sales taxes.
EMS had a $3.1 million budget in 2019, and recouped $1.1 million of that, Kennedy said.
“What would a reduction in service look like?” he asked.
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