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Board approves preliminary fire protection assessment rates; public hearing set for Sept. 15
Summary
Commissioners approved preliminary assessment rates for fire protection (residential and commercial adjustments were presented) and set the public hearing for Sept. 15; staff noted the hearing process allows reductions but not increases from the preliminary figures.
County staff presented the preliminary rate resolution for the county’s fire protection services assessment and recommended approval of the proposed rates and setting of a public hearing. Staff read the proposed figures: the residential rate was proposed to increase from $2.48 to $2.63 (presumably per unit of measure shown in the agenda), commercial and industrial rates were also listed with small increases, and the land rate was proposed to increase from $1.44 to $1.53 per acre. Staff told commissioners the public hearing is set for Sept. 15 and reminded the board that rates may be decreased at the hearing but not increased from the preliminary level. The board approved the preliminary resolution by unanimous vote, 5–0. No further policy direction or detailed budget impacts were described on the record during the presentation.
