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Winter Garden commission adopts preliminary fire-assessment study, will mail notices before final decision
Summary
The City Commission voted to adopt a preliminary study that calculates maximum fire-assessment rates and to authorize mailing of required notices; the study sets maximum residential and nonresidential rates but does not implement charges.
The Winter Garden City Commission on a unanimous vote approved a preliminary resolution adopting a consultant'prepared fire-assessment study and authorizing staff to mail required notices ahead of a later final decision.
The study, presented by Megan Kemp, a consultant with Denish, calculates the portion of the fire department budget that may be recovered through a non-ad valorem fire assessment and establishes maximum rates by land-use and building size. "Fire assessments are a type of non ad valorem special assessment to fund the capital and operating costs associated with provision of fire protection and first responder…
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