Fire Fee Informational Session 8/6/2025

Village of Weston — Public meeting on proposed fire fee · August 7, 2025

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Jamie Gabbert, village administrator, opened the meeting, identified staff at the table (finance director Jessica Trumpet; Kelly Gordon Haisley, SAFER EMS division coordinator; Eric Lang, deputy chief; Josh Finke, SAFER fire chief) and said a 25-minute presentation would be followed by Q&A; she asked in-person questioners to state name and address. She noted the presentation will be recorded and replayed on YouTube.

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Village of Weston and SAFER officials presented a proposed square-footage fire fee (roughly $40–$60/year for most homeowners) to cover a budget shortfall and to match a FEMA SAFER grant that would fund nine additional firefighters; residents raised concerns about fairness, TIF funds, levy adjustments and the risk of losing grant money if a referendum delays approval.

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