By WHITNEE ICE&nbsp;St. Joseph Post&nbsp;A quarter-cent sales tax increase is coming to the ballot this August for Buchanan County residents.&nbsp;&nbsp;The sales tax is expected to bring in an additional 3.6 million dollars to the sheriff’s department.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sheriff Bill Puett&nbsp;says&nbsp;after some time and hard work, they have come decided to add a tax increase to the ballot.&nbsp;&nbsp;“The Commission has graciously put a quarter-cent sales tax increase to the&nbsp;existing&nbsp;quarter-cent on the ballot,” Puett&nbsp;tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline.&nbsp;Sheriff Bill Puett&nbsp;says&nbsp;he recognizes no one wants to pay more taxes.&nbsp;&nbsp;“I’m sorry that we have to ask for it, but we are asking for it humbly and trying to explain why we need it because we are trying to address&nbsp;what the community wants, increased safety dealing with the increase in problems that are coming into this community,” says Puett.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sheriff Bill Puett&nbsp;says&nbsp;this increase is needed as&nbsp;it’s a difficult time to be in law-enforcement.&nbsp;&nbsp;“We are asking people to go in harm's way every day with some of these evil people that are out hear doing bad things&nbsp;and so they stand in the gap and keep our community safe,” says Puett.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Puett says this will be the first sales tax increase for Buchanan County since 1990 when the current quarter-cent&nbsp;sales tax was first implemented.&nbsp;

A sales tax increase for the Buchanan County Sheriff's Department is added to the ballot