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Commission sets preliminary caps: proposed fire assessment rises $31; solid-waste fee proposed up $30
Summary
The Suwannee County Commission set preliminary caps for the fire-protection assessment (proposed cap $151, up $31) and the solid-waste assessment (proposed cap $265, up $30).
Chief Miller presented a request to increase the county'wide fire-protection assessment by $31, raising the assessment from $120 to a proposed preliminary cap of $151.
"I am here before to ask for the second part of my presentation... the $31 increase in the fire assessment, which is a roughly 25% increase in that category," Chief Miller said, noting the increase would fund fire and EMS needs and that a separate SAFER grant application was in review with FEMA.
Commissioners discussed a related issue: some…
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