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Committee agrees to recommend pass-through of state 2% fire dues to district; staff to notify district board
Summary
The committee recommended aligning village practice with state statute by passing 2% state fire-due receipts through to the fire district rather than retaining and offsetting assessments; staff will notify the fire district and return any fiscal impacts for the next budget cycle.
Committee members reviewed how the state’s 2% fire dues are currently handled and agreed staff should move toward a pass-through approach that sends the statutorily collected amount directly to the fire district.
Staff explained that state statute directs 2% fire-due money to the municipality but that, where a municipality is part of a fire district, practice in many places is to pass…
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