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Skagit 911 is seeking approval from its governing board to put a 0.1% sales tax increase on the November ballot.
That amounts to a $1 increase on a $1,000 purchase and would generate roughly $3.85 million annually and give the county’s emergency dispatch center a permanent funding mechanism to maintain and improve its infrastructure.
Skagit 911’s board will meet again in about two weeks to decide whether to ask voters for the increase. The deadline to put such a measure on the general election ballot is in mid-August…
