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St. Mary's County emergency services advance property-tax incentive package; LOSAP appeals process and data app finalized
Summary
The Emergency Services Board discussed the property tax incentive ordinance tied to the Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP), announced an appeals process with an April 17 return deadline, and said a new website/app to collect member data was completed April 9 to support a public hearing on April 22.
The Emergency Services Board of St. Mary's County on April 9 discussed progress toward a property tax incentive ordinance intended to support volunteer firefighters and rescue squad members, outlined a LOSAP (Length of Service Award Program) appeals process and said an information-collection website and app were completed the afternoon of April 9 to support upcoming hearings.
Board Chairman J. A. Nelson and Jennifer Utz, director of the St. Mary's County Department of Emergency Services, told the board that staff have been working with county information technology to build a URL and app to collect the membership data needed if the ordinance advances to public hearing. Utz said the site is intended to let one representative per fire or rescue squad monitor and input members’ status and to provide back-end…
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