At its meeting next Tuesday afternoon, the Amador Fire Protection Authority may make a decision to place a sales tax initiative to pay for county fire services on the November ballot. In 2006, Amador County voters defeated Measure L which would have levied a quarter-cent sales tax increase to fund some paid firefighter positions throughout the county. At the board’s January meeting, Sutter Creek Fire Chief Butch Martin asked the AFPA Board to make a decision on whether or not it would try a sales tax initiative again this year.

The AFPA board will also consider making a request to the Amador Board of Supervisors to allocate a portion of the county’s property tax revenues to fire protection. That came at the request of Amador Fire Protection District Chief Jim McCart, who asked the Board to consider a property tax proposal be put on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting. The February 12th meeting will be held at 4:00 p.m in the Board of Supervisors Chambers at the County Administration Center in Jackson.