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Fire district outlines plan to increase impact fees to fund stations, training and apparatus
Summary
Windsor–Severance Fire Rescue presented an updated impact-fee study and long-range capital plan at a Severance town work session, saying fees can only be used for growth-related capital (not staffing) and that projected collections leave a multiyear funding gap for new stations and apparatus.
Windsor–Severance Fire Rescue officials briefed Severance town leaders on Feb. 24 about a revised impact-fee study intended to fund future fire stations, apparatus and training facilities. The district said new state law allows special districts to collect fees directly but that it chooses to keep the current arrangement in which the Town of Severance collects the fees on the district’s behalf as a convenience for applicants.
The district’s fire marshal, Sandy Fredersen, told council members that impact fees may only be used to pay for expansion tied to growth — for example, land and buildings for new stations and equipment — and cannot be used to pay salaries.…
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