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Elgin officials urge property owners to sign petition to join Bastrop County ESD No. 3 to secure ambulance service
Summary
Mayor Theresa McShan and Acting Community Services Director Stacy Afford Osborne say Elgin needs to join Bastrop County Emergency Services District No. 3 to preserve local ambulance coverage and spread costs via a property tax assessment; petition signatures from at least 50 registered-voter property owners must be submitted to the ESD by July 3.
Elgin officials on a city podcast urged property owners who are registered voters to sign a petition by July 3 to place a November ballot measure asking whether the city should be annexed into Bastrop County Emergency Services District No. 3 (ESD 3), a move they say would secure countywide ambulance and emergency medical services for Elgin.
The petition is required to include at least 50 signers who are both property owners and registered voters; the ESD must validate the petition and submit it to the elections office by Aug. 13 for a November election, Acting Community Services Director and Public Information Officer Stacy Afford Osborne said. “We need to get those specific people on this petition in order for it to go through and be valid,” Mayor Theresa McShan said.
Why it matters: Elgin currently receives ambulance service through a contract paid from the city’s general fund; officials said joining ESD 3 would share the…
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