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Mifflin Township fire chiefs outline staffing, equipment shortfalls and ask Gahanna-area voters to back 1.95-mill levy
Summary
Mifflin Township fire leaders told Gahanna City Council that recruitment, rising equipment costs and flat levy revenue have strained operations and asked residents in the township to approve a 1.95-mill levy on May 6 to restore staffing and return Medic 131 to full service.
Mifflin Township Division of Fire Chief Brian Dunlevy and his senior staff described staffing shortfalls, rising apparatus costs and other pressures Thursday and urged approval of a 1.95-mill levy that will appear on the May 6 ballot for township voters.
The chiefs told Gahanna City Council the levy equals $68 per $100,000 of auditor-appraised value; for a home appraised at $300,000 that translates to about $204 per year, roughly 56 cents a day, according to figures cited by the chiefs. Chief Dunlevy said the levy would allow the department to restore shifts and avoid cross-staffing, and to maintain specialized services such as heavy technical rescue and hazmat response.
“Unlike many other professions, we cannot simply call someone else to handle the problem,” Dunlevy told council. He said the division is one of two certified heavy…
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