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Multiple Hamilton County emergency services seek larger budgets; audit office to shift bookkeeping for volunteer departments
Summary
Volunteer and municipal emergency-response organizations asked Hamilton County for higher operating and capital support—requests included an 11% increase for Hamilton County Stars and a $40,899 HVAC install for station two—while audit staff proposed outsourcing day-to-day bookkeeping for volunteer fire departments to a third party.
Several volunteer and municipal emergency-response organizations told the Hamilton County Commission they need larger operating and capital budgets to replace aging apparatus, upgrade stations and sustain regional response capabilities.
Klay Engel, speaking for Hamilton County Stars, asked for roughly an 11% increase (from about $123,467 to $136,900) citing added fleet and facility costs and new equipment needs. Engel said the unit is working to fund a new swift-water trailer and described a separate capital need at "station two," where he requested $40,899 to install a five‑ton HVAC system so the facility can support dive and water-rescue…
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