A 15-cent property tax increase for the Warrenton Fire Protection District was defeated by a margin of 157 votes on Tuesday.
The fire district has repeatedly come to voters to seek additional …
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A 15-cent property tax increase for the Warrenton Fire Protection District was defeated by a margin of 157 votes on Tuesday.
The fire district has repeatedly come to voters to seek additional revenue to recover from struggling finances, but voters have turned down those requests four times now in the last year.
A little less than 1,800 voters participated in Tuesday's special election, about 15 percent of the total number of people eligible to vote, according to the Warren County Clerk's Office. Of those, 813 voted in favor of the tax increase, while 970 voted against.
The fire district carried all of the voting precincts inside the boundaries of Warrenton and Truesdale, but voters in rural areas, who make up a significant portion of the fire district's voting population, have heavily disfavored tax increase proposals whenever Warrenton Fire has put one on the ballot.
