As Hood River County Commissioners continue to sort through the details of tax revenue measures to put before voters in May, their next task is to hash out a request for a local option levy. No consensus has been reached on a rate, but new Commission Chair Mike Oates says assuming a five percent tax on prepared food and beverages passes, there is a range to consider. He says if the local option just covers what the County is currently paying for with reserves, it would need to be a rate of 48 cents per thousand dollars of assessed property value, but to reach a level many County officials think they should be, it would take a dollar-58. County Administrator Jeff Hecksel says the prepared food and beverage tax, modeled on one in effect currently in Ashland, would generate about one-point-seven million dollars a year. Commissioners hold their next meeting on January 22.