Directors of the Dawson County Hospital District will begin the process of setting their 2019 tax rate during their regular meeting on Thursday. That meeting is set to begin at 5 p.m. in the community room at Medical Arts Hospital. Board members will consider establishing a preliminary tax rate and setting the dates for public hearings on that rate. They also are expected to set the date for a vote to actually adopt the district’s tax rate for 2019. In other action on Thursday the board will consider selling excess and unneeded hospital equipment to another public healthcare entity. They also are expected ...