[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Northwoods

I believe Goldwingnut stated in a previous post that The Developer has built and paid for all the fire stations in The Villages, and then has turned them over to the District at no charge.
If that is true... based on the current relationship between the commissioners and The Developer, it will be interesting to see if this will continue.

They are built by the developer and given to the county at no charge with the deed stipulation that they remain fire stations and if not, the property, in its entirety, is returned to the developer.

The old adage of "be careful what you ask for, you may get it" hold true here. The developer has tried to work to a compromise with the county commissioners on the impact fees, but they want none of it, so be it. They may be in for a few shocks in the future when they start to realize that many things impact fees are supposed to cover have been funded, like the fire stations, by the developer, at no cost to the county. These acts will most assuredly end very quickly.

It has been a give-and-take relationship working both ways for both parties, for the benefit of both parties. A win-win relationship. The county commissioners short sightedly now want to make it a win-lose relationship. This only works for a very short time and then it becomes a lose-lose situation with the biggest losers being in this case the residents and taxpayers of Sumter County.