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ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STUDY <br />ORANGE GROVE <br />1 With this complement of apparatus, the Department has 3,700 gallons of water <br />2 capacity for struchare fires, within the standards of rural water supply, especially <br />3 given the additional water shuttle capacity with mutual aid deparhnents. <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 Financial Capacity of the Department <br />7 <br />8 Tax Rate and Revenues <br />9 <br />10 In FY 2005-06, the Department was funded by a tax rate of $0.034 per hundred <br />11 (the same as the prior yeaz), which generates about $190,000 in revenue. Cash <br />12 assets at the end of Mazch 2006 totaled over $43,000. <br />13 <br />14 Debt <br />15 <br />16 The Department has a debt of about $200,000 and can retire the debt in <br />17 approximately five years ($41,000 was budgeted for FY 2005-06.) <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 Projected capital needs <br />21 <br />22 The Department has applied for a grant for the 800 MHz radio system. It <br />23 needs substantially more 800MHz radios than has been allocated by the <br />24 County. <br />25 <br />26 The Department plans to replace the 1983 tanker in FY 2008-09. <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 Issues <br />31 <br />32 The Department does not have the tax base to afford the 800 MHz radios when <br />33 implemented. They will need assistance. <br />34 <br />35 A challenge for Orange Grove is that new residents may be expecting urban <br />36 services in a rural community. <br />37 <br />54 <br />