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Fire chief urges council to increase county fire‑fee projection amid building growth
Summary
The fire department asked council to raise its county fire fee revenue estimate from the county's projection to $2.6 million, citing recent years where actual collections exceeded county forecasts and ongoing new home construction in the fire district.
At the April 11 budget meeting the fire department urged council to increase the town—s budgeted county fire fee revenue above the county—s conservative projection.
Fire leadership said the county projects fire fee revenue conservatively by repeating the prior year—s receipts, while the town has consistently collected more in recent years (examples cited: 3–9% increases year over year). The department proposed adjusting the budgeted revenue from the county—s figure (about $2.455 million) up to $2.6 million to reflect ongoing new construction inside the fire district and related growth in assessed values.
Town staff noted that fire fee receipts are collected on the tax roll and remitted to the town periodically; staff will review current‑year receipts and present a revised projection if warranted. Chief and council emphasized that fire fee revenue must remain restricted to fire operations, not capital, and that any adjustment would be conservative and reflected only in the fire department—s operating lines.
Next steps: staff will check the town's current year to date revenue and return with a recommendation on whether to increase the fire fee projection before the budget adoption cycle.
