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County approves placing WESCOM emergency communications sales tax on the August ballot
Summary
Walla Walla County commissioners approved a resolution and instructed staff to prepare ballot language authorizing a sales and use tax for emergency communications (E-911). Commissioners discussed outreach, committee deadlines and cost-sharing for ballot advertising.
Walla Walla County commissioners voted April 7 to move forward with placing a sales-and-use tax proposition on the August ballot to fund WESCOM, the countywide 9-1-1 emergency communications system.
Esther Click, manager for Westcom (WESCOM), told the board the proposed tax would fund infrastructure, equipment and operations for the county’s emergency communications — the radio and dispatch systems that serve law enforcement, fire and EMS. Click said WESCOM currently relies heavily on user fees charged to local public-safety agencies and that a voter-approved sales tax…
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