Calling it a “zero balanced budget,” Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD) Chief Executive Officer Letha Stokes presented board members Thursday with a 2020-2021 budget with no current plans for a tax hike. That could change, DCHD board president Kim Bairrington said, if property values fall and the hospital’s revenue decreases. Currently the hospital district has a property tax rate of 40.5028 cents per $100 valuation. The rate generates about $3.3 million in revenue for the district. The district is aiming to maintain that same revenue but may have to adjust the tax rate if total taxable property values change. “If the total district values ...