PORT TOWNSEND — A levy for the Brinnon Fire Department passed in the initial count of Tuesday ballots.
In early returns, 302 voters, or 59.6 percent, voted to approve the increase while 205 voters, or 40.4 percent, rejected it.
Only the 969 registered voters in the Brinnon Fire District were mailed ballots on a proposed property tax levy of $1.25 per $1,000 assessed property value, an increase of 52 cents over the current 73-cent levy.
The proposal would increase taxes on a property assessed at $200,000 to $103.56 per year.
The levy was proposed to pay for maintenance and replacement of aging equipment.
