Callaway County Ambulance District puts use tax on April 7 ballot
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Callaway County Ambulance District will put a question about a use tax on the April 7 ballot, it announced in a Wednesday social media post.
The tax is “designed to maintain stable funding for emergency medical services as consumer purchasing patterns continue to shift online,” the post says. It would apply to online and out-of-state purchases when there are no local taxes collected on a sale. It would not increase the current local sales tax rate, the post says.
The funds, if approved, would be used for replacing and maintaining equipment, purchasing medical equipment, support training and certifications for EMTs and paramedics and maintain 24/7 emergency response coverage, the post says.
The official ballot language reads:
"Shall the Callaway County Ambulance District be authorized to impose a local use tax at the same rate as the Callaway County Ambulance District sales tax, provided that if the Callaway County Ambulance District sales tax is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or raised by the same action?"
