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Residents vote down ambulance tax By Gail Peckler-Dziki CORRESPONDENT
The election is over, the dust has settled and the votes have been counted. The effort to impose a tax to support an ambulance service in the Village of Antioch and First Fire Protection District 1 failed in the Nov. 4 election. In the village, 4,064 voters cast ballots on the referendum, which was voted down by a 53-47 percent margin. In Fire Protection District 1, 3,434 residents cast ballots, with 59 percent opposed. Antioch Township supervisor Steve Smouse said, “I remained neutral during this process, but the people have spoken. This would have added $1.4 million to the tax burden our residents bear.” The measure would have raised an estimated $1.5 million the first year with cost to an owner of a property valued at $100,000 paying additional $83 as a result. If you use the service, Smouse said, it would cost an additional $1,200 to $1,400
for an actual ambulance ride. Smouse said he hopes it’s back to the drawing board and not taking the same referendum question back to the ballot box. He says he’s seen other governmental agencies lose a referendum and then bring back the very same question six months later. “Then it loses again,” Smouse said. “It is an insult to the intelligence of the voters if that happens here. They said no. “They need to pare things back,” he continued. “We need a different model, with more volunteers. Maybe we should have a fire chief who has been with Antioch Fire for a while, someone from the area who understands local needs.” Smouse said he was pressured by several people to release township funds for ambulance service purposes. “I never received a request from the First Fire Protection District and our attorney
Crash victim airlifted
At least one person was seriously injured in a traffic crash Nov. 13 in the 25000 block of Highway 173 in Antioch. The victim was transported from the scene by Fox Lake ambulance to Osmond Park in Antioch where the person was transferred to Flight for Life helicopter for a flight to a regional medical facility. Details regarding the crash and the victim were not immediately available from the Lake County Sheriff’s Department.
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