By Moses Leos III

Creation of a ninth emergency services district (ESD) will be going to Hays County voters in November as the commissioners court unanimously approved it to go on the ballot.

Commissioners voted 5-0 to call an election for the creation of ESD 9, which would provide EMS service for county residents who not live within an existing ESD.

ESD 9 would have a tax rate cap of six cents per $100 valuation, if voters approve the measure. But in order for the district to be feasible to the co...