Sixty percent of those votes cast is a “slam dunk” to increase the EMS fees (taxes) to 50 cents per $1,000 of property assessed values.
Systems Design Northwest Inc. provides collections resulting in about 75 percent of billable services for Mukilteo.
The City of Everett: first determine coverage for Medicare, then insurance and, if no other means of payment, then write it off. These conditions should get out the vote.
Everett has 45,523 registered voters, of which 9,035 voted for EMS increase, or 19.8 percent. The formula for EMS has to change. It could, at least, get the people to the polls.
John Hayes Mukilteo
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