The Carroll County Quorum Court convened a special meeting Tuesday evening to rescind one ordinance, approve its replacement and an accompanying resolution, in its effort to put establishing an ambulance service improvement district for the eastern part of the county.
The Prosecuting Attorney’s office reviewed Ordinance 2016-19, which established the ambulance district and found its language was not clear enough in some sections. Justices of the Peace unanimously voted to approve all three readings of Ordinance 2016-20 to rescind the previous one.
Then JPs unanimously approved Ordinance 2016-21 titled “An Ordinance establishing an ambulance service improvement district in the eastern district of Carroll County and levying a 2.5 mill assessment on all real and personal property in the district to fund said district.”
The district would be called the Eastern Carroll County Ambulance District (ECCAD). There would be a commission of five individuals appointed to govern. They would begin by serving staggered terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, but at the completion of each term, all subsequent terms would be for three years.
The accompanying resolution called for putting the establishment of the district in the hands of the voters in a special election to be held concurrent with the Nov. 8 general election.