Firefighters warn Taos County cuts could pull about $800,000 from town response

Jan 6, 2026

The Taos Professional Firefighters president told commissioners that a recent county decision rescinding municipal distributions of a voter-approved public-safety tax will remove roughly $800,000 from Town of Taos fire budgets and could weaken response and staffing.

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The president of the Taos Professional Firefighters said the county's recent decision to rescind a distribution model for a voter-approved 0.25% public-safety tax would remove roughly $800,000 from the Town of Taos fire budget and undercut frontline services.

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