Airway Heights mulls 1% tax

AIRWAY HEIGHTS – At least one city employee is calling for an ad valorem property tax increase to fund emergency services.

During a recent meeting, the city Finance Department’s Stanley Schubert said the city should consider increasing the property tax by the state allowance of 1% because the city is still emergency services, but doesn’t have an emergency services levy.

Schubert said the council still has a couple meetings regarding the idea and will hold public hearings on Nov. 1 and 15.

Councilman Larry Bowman said if council doesn’t raise the property tax, then finding adequate revenue for...