Lewis County commissioners send 911 center tax to November ballot

For the Lewis County 911 center, if at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again.

After the proposal to increase the county’s sales tax by .2% failed in the 2023 election, Lewis County voters will officially be asked again to support the measure. On Tuesday, the Board of Lewis County Commissioners authorized a proposition for the November ballot to collect an additional .2% sales tax to fund its 911 call center, with groceries, gas and medicine exempted from the tax.

Even though the average shopper likely won’t notice paying an extra two cents on their $10 purchase (or coughing up two extra dimes when they drop $100), supporters of the initiative say the proposal will have an outsized impact.

“I personally do support our public safety and first responders, firefighters, police and medical personnel,” said Anthony Mixer, president of Citizens for Lewis County 911 political action committee (PAC), at a June meeting of the county commissioners. “We need to support our public safety in a time like this in whatever way, shape or form we can.”




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