Although they should gain about $166,000 in additional revenue, directors of the Dawson County Hospital District are proposing to lower their actual tax rate this year. Board members on Thursday voted 3-0 to propose a 2019 tax rate of 33.6777 cents per $100 worth of property value. That is down from last year’s rate of 38.3872 cents. But that lower tax rate will raise more money as a result in an increase in taxable property values in the district, as computed by the Dawson County Central Appraisal District. The appraisal district lists the district’s property tax base this year at about $943.1 million – ...