Four Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD) board members were at a standstill Tuesday on a proposed tax rate for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Two wanted to increase the tax rate to prepare for a potential second wave of COVID-19 cases while two others wanted to keep it at its current rate. Mike Johnson, the other member of the board, whose vote could have broken the tie, was unable to attend the meeting due to work obligations. “I guess we’re stuck,” said DCHD Board President Joe Cope before adjourning the meeting. The board scheduled a noon, Aug. 17 special meeting about the tax rate to ...