EMS Levy passage important
Published 12:58 pm Friday, October 26, 2012
Dear Gary,
In the upcoming general election you will find two levy requests of 25 cents per thousand from the Rural Emergency Medical Service and the City of Oroville Emergency Medical Service. These are the two agencies responsible for providing ambulance service to the Oroville area.
These are not new taxes but a continuation, at the same rate, of the levy which is expiring after six years. This is the lowest rate per thousand of any EMS district in Okanogan County.
This levy is necessary to make up the difference between the receipts and the expenses each year and to buy a new ambulance every five or six years. Rural EMS covers everything in the Oroville School district outside of the city limits of Oroville. Inside the city limits is covered by the Oroville EMS District. It is important to pass these levies to maintain our level of service and keep our equipment current.
Monte Drummond
Rural EMS Director
About Gary DeVon
Gary DeVon is the managing editor of the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and celebrated his 25th year at the newspaper in August 2012. He graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Communications - Print Journalism, with an emphasis in photojournalism. He is a proud alumnus of Oroville High School. His family first settled in Okanogan County in the late 1800s. His parents are Judy DeVon and the late Larry DeVon and he has two younger brothers - Dante and Michael. Many family members still call Oroville home. He has a grown daughter, Segornae Douglas and a young granddaughter, Erin.
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