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Commissioners approve consolidation of four Downeast fire districts, set uniform 7¢ rate and 10¢ max
Summary
After a public hearing, the board voted to combine Atlantic, Sea Level, Davis and Stacy fire tax districts into a single Downeast Fire Tax District, zeroed out the old district rates, set a uniform 7¢ tax rate for the combined area and approved a maximum rate not to exceed 10¢.
The Board of Commissioners held a public hearing May 19 and approved consolidating four Downeast-area fire tax districts — Atlantic, Sea Level, Davis and Stacy — into a single Downeast Fire Tax District.
Emergency-services staff and the fire/EMS commission presented the consolidation as an administrative simplification to make budgeting and levy collection easier for county finance and to provide the fire chief with a single budget figure. Mark Shouse,…
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