Clallam County Fire District 3’s leaders will ask voters to renew a 10-year Emergency Medical Services property tax levy in the Nov. 5 General Election. Fire commissioners voted unanimously July 2 to seek to continue the EMS levy rate not to exceed $0.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation through 2030. Its purpose isn’t to ask for new funds, commissioner James Barnfather said. “It’s a restoration of existing money and an extension to maintain the level of service and revenue for 10 years,” he said. The current rate for homeowners is $0.45 per thousand dollars of assessed value, and Fire District 3 Chief Ben Andrews said commissioners cannot legally raise the district’s annual levy amount by more than 1 percent per year up to the $0.50 amount.