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Sumner County panel estimates about $2M annually, $19.1M in capital needs for volunteer fire departments
Summary
An ad hoc committee reviewing Sumner County volunteer fire department budgets agreed on a model operating figure of about $154,000 per station (roughly $2 million countywide) and estimated approximately $19.1 million in one-time capital costs to replace aging apparatus, while asking chiefs for detailed submitted budgets and amortization schedules.
The Volunteer Fire Department Ad Hoc Committee in Sumner County on April 14 agreed on a model operating budget and sketched a preliminary capital plan that officials said could require millions in new funding.
The Chair opened new business by presenting a model that groups operating line items — insurance, fuel, maintenance, training, utilities, communications, admin, uniforms, supplies and contracted services — and told the committee the per‑station operating total in the sample adds to $154,000. ‘‘If we go the insurance, fuel, maintenance, training, utilities, communications, admin, uniforms, supplies, and contracted services, that all totals up to $154,000,’’ the Chair said.
That per‑station figure, multiplied across the committee’s working station count, led members to estimate an annual countywide operating need of about $2,000,000. The Chair summarized the draft as ‘‘all in, we’ve got about $2,000,000 operating budget.’’
Why it matters: committee members said the modeled…
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