Some Kentucky residents next year will pay a tax based on property value to help fund ambulance service in their area, according to a Daily News report.
Here are five things to know about the ambulance tax.
1. Residents of Barren County will pay the tax.
2. The tax, which was approved Thursday by the Barren Fiscal Court, will take effect starting next November.
3. The money collected will be used to fund a portion of an ambulance service that covers Barren and Metcalfe Counties in Kentucky, according to the article.
4. Barren County has set the tax at 2.4 cents per $100 of assessed value.
5. Previously, Barren County has used general fund monies to pay for its portion of the Barren-Metcalfe County Ambulance Service's operational expenses, according to the report. Barren County and Glasgow, Ky., a city in Barren County, each pay 30 percent of the service's operational costs and Metcalfe County and T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow divide the remaining 40 percent, the report states. According to the report, the goal with the new ambulance tax is to help close Barren County's budget shortfall.
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