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Hudson council weighs cost of moving from hybrid to full‑time fire, staff forecast $4.7M annual increase
Summary
Council members discussed a possible conversion from the approved 24/7 hybrid fire/EMS model to a fully staffed fire department; staff estimated a $4.1M–$4.7M annual cost that could require a property tax increase or income tax change. No vote was taken; hybrid rollout will proceed.
Hudson City Council on June 10 heard detailed cost estimates and policy options after a council member asked staff to attach numbers to the question of a full‑time fire and EMS department.
Council member Mister Bandwig presented staff forecasts that converting from the planned 24/7 hybrid model to a fully staffed, full‑time fire department would cost roughly $4.1 million to $4.7 million more per year. "It would be...dollars 4,700,000.0 more a year," Bandwig said during the discussion, and staff translated the estimate into tax impacts — about 2.76 mills in property tax or roughly a 0.25 percentage‑point increase in the municipal income tax, with an example cost of about…
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