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Board declines to open county master property tax allocation agreement; vows continued support for struggling fire districts
Summary
Nevada County supervisors on Oct. 14 voted to decline requests from consolidating fire districts to open the county Master Property Tax Allocation Agreement, saying the mechanism would likely shift limited property‑tax revenue in ways that could harm smaller special districts.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 14 voted to decline formal requests from local fire districts to open the county Master Property Tax Allocation Agreement, a shift that county staff and an ad hoc subcommittee said would not provide a workable funding vehicle for fire consolidation.
Background and request: County staff said the request to open the Master Property Tax Allocation Agreement followed multiple consolidation efforts among local fire districts after financial strain caused Rough and Ready Fire District to notify LAFCO it would seek dissolution in 2023. The board, acting on recommendations from the Fire Services Consolidation Ad Hoc Committee, considered a formal request from two proposed consolidation groups — Penn Valley with Rough and Ready, and Nevada County Consolidated with Ophir Hill — which had submitted LAFCO applications that…
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