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Troutdale weighs joining Clackamas Fire District 1, new-district options amid union and dispatch concerns
Summary
Staff and committee members reviewed Triton and Tiberia consultant reports, discussed eight options including annexation to Clackamas Fire District 1 or creating a new multi-city district, and heard union and resident concerns about response times and dispatch integration; staff scheduled follow-up meetings with fire districts and set an August 25 working-group update.
Troutdale’s Public Safety Services Delivery Working Group reviewed consultant studies and a menu of options Tuesday for replacing the current contract-based fire-service model, with staff emphasizing that no binding decision would be made until further interjurisdictional meetings occur.
Staff summarized two consultant products commissioned by the three cities: a Triton feasibility report that compared service models and a Tiberia economic analysis that modeled the effect of property-tax compression and fee alternatives. Staff said those studies generally point toward the economics of scale favoring a fire district, and staff added that Troutdale’s property-tax base means compression to the general fund would be small relative to…
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