Residents press Sumter County on proposed fire-assessment methods and rates
At an April 21 workshop, residents and commissioners probed new sample rates and three methodologies for a proposed non-ad valorem fire assessment; staff said a full consultant study will be presented in May and a final public hearing is set for July 28.
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Caroline Campbell told the Sumter County Board of County Commissioners that long response times and an ISO rating of 10 were driving up homeowners insurance and prompted questions about the county's proposed fire-assessment sample rates. "I don't understand why we're paying the same amount as somebody that lives directly [by a] fire station," Campbell said during the public forum.
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