Board of County Commissioners Approves Ballot Measure

A permanent levy to fund Medic One was authorized by voters in 1999 with a rate of $0.50 per thousand in property tax revenue, for continued emergency medical services (EMS) for the citizens of Thurston County. This service provides an advanced level of pre-hospital emergency medical care.

Due to increased assessed values and limits on raising levy rates, the county is currently collecting $0.289 per thousand in property tax revenue. In the immediate future, it is projected that this decrease in revenue will affect the extent to which Medic One can provide pre-hospital emergency medical care because of insufficient funds to sustain the current level of operations.

“Hardin said something that made every single person who heard him unable to resist the urge to support the levy.”

The election will be held August 3, 2021. The full text of the resolution can be found here: