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Sherwood adopts Fire Billing Ordinance and creates Fire Billing Recovery Fund
Summary
Sherwood Township on March 3 adopted a Fire Billing Ordinance to create a Fire Billing Recovery Fund intended to offset fire-department costs and finance equipment purchases; officials said the township will bill for responses but acknowledged it may not collect on every call.
Sherwood Township supervisors adopted a Fire Billing Ordinance on March 3, 2026, establishing a Fire Billing Recovery Fund to help defray the costs of emergency responses, Supervisor Stanton said.
The ordinance creates a mechanism for the township to bill for fire-department responses and deposit proceeds into the new Fire Billing Recovery Fund. Stanton told the board the fund is intended to "help offset the Fire Department costs" and to assist a firefighter identified in the minutes as Jeff in purchasing needed equipment; the board also noted it may not collect payment for every billed call.
The decision was recorded in the meeting minutes as "passed the Fire Billing Ordinance." The minutes do not include a roll-call vote tally or identify the motion mover or seconder. The board discussed this measure in the context of the FY 2026–2027 budget review as one of the new revenue and cost-offset items for the coming year.
The ordinance and fund are expected to permit the township to bill for eligible responses, though the minutes make clear collections are not guaranteed for every incident. The next procedural step or an implementation schedule for billing and fund accounting was not specified in the minutes.
