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Volunteer fire department tax-abatement program presented; department installs DHS-funded exhaust and alarm systems
Summary
Kevin Ring Sr. presented a tax-abatement program for the Scotland Volunteer Fire Department. The department installed an apparatus-exhaust system and a new fire alarm funded through a 95/5 Department of Homeland Security grant, though reimbursement is delayed pending congressional approval of Homeland Security funding.
At the April 21 meeting, Kevin Ring Sr. presented a tax-abatement program proposal for the Scotland Volunteer Fire Department. The minutes do not record program specifics or any board decision on adopting the proposal.
Board members reported the volunteer department installed an apparatus-exhaust system and a new fire-alarm system. According to the minutes, those systems were purchased and installed using a 95/5 grant the department received from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; the town reported that the grant reimbursement has been held up because Congress has not yet approved Homeland Security funding, delaying expected reimbursements.
The board also noted STEAP grant-funded work slated to begin around April, including fire-department bay-door replacement, furnace and AC unit work, underground tank removal, window and door replacement, and installation of an automatic handicap-entry button. No vote or financial details for the tax-abatement proposal were recorded in the meeting minutes.
