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• • • ., , Fire Districts' Tax Rate Recommendations for FY 2010-11 � Current Manager Recommended Fund Recommended Balance 2009-10 Recommended 1 Cent 1/10 Cent Fund Balance District Tax Rate Tax Rate for Tax Rate Change Equals Equals Allocation for Amount as Reason for Increase (in cents) 2010-11 for 2010-11 2010-11 of June 30, 2009 The increase is to cover the cost of installing more dry hydrants,along with aU access roads in order to gain'access to`these hydrants. They will also be Ceda�Grove ' 6.36 7::36 1'.00 $ 27,152 $ 2,715: $ - $ '6,930 installing all weathec:access roads to their water points so they can'get these' water points certified: This wilf allbw them to lower their ISO rating which will: lower the residents'fiomeowners insurance premiums: This district serves six(6)properties. The Town of Chapel Hill Fire Department provides comparable municipal service--as the Town of CaT�boro Fire Department' provides for the South Orange fire district,but the tax rates for these districts are' Chapel Hill -2.16 7'!50 5.34 $ 230 $ 23', $ ; $ 2,427 substantially different. The Chapel HiII district rate is currently 2.16.cents,while ' tlt2 South Orange district is cu�rently 7:85 cents. In order:to create a fair and balanced fire districtttax rate,the tax rate would increase by 5.34 cents to 7.50 cents for FY 2010-11'. Damascus 5.00 5.00 0.00 $ 9,026 $ 903 $ - $ 1,724 Efland 4.660 4.660 0.00 $ 65,402 $ 6,540 $ - $ 18,676 Eno 5.99 5.99 0.00 $ 68,264 $ 6,826 $ - $ 38,210 Little River 4.06 4.06 0.00 $ 40,800 $ 4,080 $ - $ 13,054 The increase is due to the followiog reasons: (1)',5alary arid health insurance'. increases for their three futl-time firefighters and increases in hourly',rate for part- '. time firefigHfers that are currently paid less than other tlepartments in the area; (2)Purchase additional radios to Comply with the!mandated conver5ion to the' new 800 MHz radio system;(3)Due to past budget constraints,the department ' has delayed necessa.ry repairs 8nd improuemerifs to Station 2,but these can no ' New Hope�'� ' S.70 6J95 1'.25 $ 55,318 $ 5,532 $ - $ 17,586 longer be delayed without compromising the operability of Chis station;(4)Due to past budgef constraints,the depadmenf has also'delayed the replacement of: hoses,appliances,tools,and other fire suppression equipment,but:these can no , longer be delayed without adversely affecting operations and firefighter safety;(5)' Historically;the tlepartment has relietl on volunteer bookkeeping,accounting,'and' other professional services,but these servicesare no longer sustainable on a volunteer basis,so increases in professional services costs will result in FY 2010- 11, 1