After much reading I can safely say the following:
The Sumter Co FD and The Villages FD have similar, total budgets.
The Independent Villages Fire District would include 80% of the population and property values of Sumter Co.
The Sumter Co FD would serve 20% of the population and property values in Sumter Co.
Each FD will get their funding from their service area.
All the above statements were from Don Wiley.
With similar budgets and the the passing of the TVIFD, will those 20 % in Sumter Co be in for some sticker shock when they get the bill for their FD? Why is the SCFD budget so big with less properties to serve?
Have TV properties been subsidizing the SCFD?
I think whichever way the IFD vote goes, the residents of TV will be paying something for the SCFD.
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