Council creates separate fire-protection contract subfund to improve transparency
Ordinance 20-26-7 creates a separate subfund to hold revenues from fire-protection contracts (distinct from property-tax-funded cumulative fire funds), allowing the town to appropriate those contract dollars specifically for fire department building, apparatus and equipment.
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The council adopted Ordinance 20-26-7 to establish a discrete "fire protection contract fund" as a subfund of the town’s cumulative firefighting building and equipment fund. Chair (S3) explained the measure is meant to keep proceeds from township or intergovernmental fire-protection contracts distinct from property-tax levy proceeds so the town can appropriate contract revenue transparently for firefighting apparatus, building and equipment needs.
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