Council authorizes legislative request to remove Rural Hall from county fire-tax overlay
After staff outlined a proposed countywide change to fire-tax funding that would raise an overlay rate and shift more costs to municipal residents, the council voted to authorize the mayor and town manager to seek legislative approval to withdraw Rural Hall from the county overlay and to negotiate a contractual funding agreement with the county.
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Town staff and Forcite County deputy manager Kyle Haney explained a county proposal to restructure fire funding that would expand an overlay district and increase the overlay tax rate (staff cited an example increase from 1.79 cents to 9.51 cents per $100 of valuation). Town Manager Homer Dearman said that if Rural Hall remained in an expanded overlay, municipal residents would face the overlay increase unless the town offset it with a municipal-rate reduction, creating long-term budgeting instability and public confusion.
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