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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I think you pretty much nailed it.
It seems to be that the main advantage of a separate IFD is protection against the VSPD getting merged into Sumter Co.
The disadvantage appears to be that, while this should be relatively revenue neutral, there is no guarantee that the county will reduce its milage rate to reflect the fact that they will no longer be paying for the VSPD
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The county will have to reduce funds for Fire Protection in their budget unless they have HUGE expansion plans for what would be left of the county fire department. The only way they could keep the taxes the same would be to add those funds to other budget categories which then would result in keeping our county taxes the same. However, I am sure there will be residents and/or the press watching the budget closely to make sure this would get exposed.