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County attorney presents inflation-adjusted fee-in-lieu option for properties outside fire-district coverage

3100528 · April 23, 2025
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Summary

Attorney Bart Gripp updated the board on a previously approved mechanism allowing properties outside a fire district to pay a one-time fee in lieu of joining; staff adjusted the fee to reflect inflation and recommended approval, but no vote was recorded.

Elbert County Attorney Bart Gripp updated commissioners on a resolution that provides a fee-in-lieu option for properties lying outside established fire-district service areas.

Gripp described so-called "non-inclusion" zones'areas not taxed by any fire district but which still receive fire responses. The resolution provides a pathway for owners in those areas either to join the applicable fire…

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