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Fire commission presents data-driven cost-share policy; board to consider vote in January
Summary
The Johnston County Fire Commission presented a draft cost-share policy that would allocate fire protection operating and apparatus costs between the county and towns using a formula (call volume, property values, population and square miles). Commissioners asked for more town-level conversation and agreed to consider a vote Jan. 5.
Chris Ellington, chair of the Johnston County Fire Commission, described a draft cost-share policy designed to allocate operational and apparatus costs between the county and municipalities using a data-driven formula. Ellington said the formula weighs four factors — call volume, taxable real and personal property, population and square miles protected — and produces a percentage split of county vs. town responsibility for operational costs and, in some…
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