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Kenai committee backs asking state to let boroughs set cap for volunteer firefighter tax break
Summary
A Kenai Peninsula Borough legislative committee heard Resolution 20-26-005 asking the Alaska Legislature to give municipalities authority to set a not-to-exceed amount for the volunteer firefighter/EMS real property tax exemption; members discussed modest current savings, fiscal impact, and statutory history but took no vote.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough legislative committee considered Resolution 20-26-005 on March 7, a proposal asking the Alaska Legislature to allow municipalities to set a not-to-exceed amount for the optional volunteer firefighter/EMS real property tax exemption.
Mister Eicher, the sponsor, told the committee he had been a volunteer firefighter and argued the current $10,000 exemption produces only a small tax benefit for most property owners. “This $10,000 comes to 60 to $80.80 bucks,” he said, and added that the figure “just... pales in comparison to the sacrifice that these upstanding citizens are contributing to our community.” Eicher said the resolution would not itself…
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