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Hortonville board pauses plan to shift fire costs onto property owners after lengthy review
Summary
After a lengthy presentation and questions about measurement, equity and legal risk, the Village of Hortonville board voted to table consideration of a new fire-fee ordinance and asked staff for more detailed scenarios and legal guidance.
Village of Hortonville trustees on March 19 debated a proposed fee structure to recover a portion of fire-service costs from property owners and ultimately voted to table action while staff produces more detailed options and legal clarification.
Administrator Nathan presented two principal approaches: a square-footage-based tiered fee (which several Wisconsin municipalities use and which charges based on building footprint) and a flat fee. Nathan said a footprint-based structure avoids tying fees to population and is more defensible in state law challenges. He presented example figures showing that,…
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