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New Iberia fire chief outlines use of new public safety tax, truck rehab plan and new state screening requirement
Summary
Fire officials told council they are beginning to collect a quarter‑cent public safety tax, will study refurbishing two trucks instead of buying one new $500,000 ladder truck, and must implement a new state law requiring initial cancer screenings for firefighters.
The New Iberia Fire Department is starting to use revenue from a newly implemented quarter‑cent public safety tax and is proposing to explore refurbishing two existing engines instead of buying one new apparatus, officials told the City Council during the budget review.
Fire Chief told the council the quarter‑cent sales tax businesses began collecting July 1 and the city received its first payments in September. "We're starting to collect the revenue," the chief said, and the budget reflects that new income.
On apparatus, the chief noted a $500,000 line in the budget for…
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