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Rural fire districts ask Hall County commissioners for modest tax increases as equipment and insurance costs spike
Summary
Representatives from multiple rural fire districts told the Hall County Board of Commissioners they need modest increases in this year’s tax asks to avoid depleting reserves, citing steep equipment and insurance price jumps and rising call volumes.
Representatives of several Hall County rural fire districts told the Board of Commissioners at a special budget meeting that rising equipment costs, insurance increases and growing call volumes are forcing modest tax-asking increases.
A county budget presenter said Grand Island Rural Fire requested a $20,000 increase to its general-fund tax asking and a $20,000 increase to its sinking fund to prevent further erosion of reserves after recent years in which expenditures outpaced revenue. The presenter noted equipment-replacement planning that began in 2017 has been upended by price inflation, giving the example that a…
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