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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
A little more simple math, both fire districts have similar budgets, about $20M, the combined budgets are paid by all the taxpayers in the county. When (I'm positive on this point) the referendum is approved the fire districts will be paid only by those who live in the district. Here comes the math. About 80% of the population and property values in Sumter County will be serviced by the VPSD IFD, and 20% by the county fire department. The MSBU ($124) will be divided according to this same split instead of the approximate 50/50 that it is now. About 80% of the county will be paying the balance of the VPSD budget and 20% the county FD budget. I've run these numbers a dozen different ways in the last few months and every time they come out as no increase in the total tax bill for Villages residents.
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So the SCFD will be it's own independent fire district and funding will only come from it's district and not the whole county ? If this is true, it would be a game changer.
The informal talk at our pool is a no vote so I'm thinking this is going to be close.