I would have liked to see an answer to, "What happens if the special district is not approved?" We still have the VPSD and the interlocal agreement to fund it. We will still be getting our own ambulance service (by direction of the BOCC) to improve response times. I would think there would have to be another interlocal agreement to fund that from my current property taxes as well. So what would we NOT get if the district is not approved.
Plus, I am concerned about what will happen with my Sumter County taxes. There will be two new lines on my tax bill but the Sumter County line will still be there. The Annual Difference shows how much more will be collected by the two new lines than is currently being collected through property taxes. However, since we don't know that property taxes will decrease at all, the true annual increase for a designer home could be as much as $433 to $628.
- We like the fire protection and EMT service provide by the VPSD - that is not going away.
- We want better response from the transport provider and that should be coming due to the vote by the BOCC regardless of the special district.
- What more will we be getting from what could effectively be an increase to our property taxes of as much as 28%? (probably would be more like 18% but that's up to the BOCC lowering rates)
The answer might be that with the special district and our own funding we don't have to rely on the BOCC and interlocal agreements. We would control our own destiny with regards to the fire protection and transport services. Perhaps that is worth the effective tax increase.
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