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Old 08-23-2023, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by kingofbeer View Post
The business owners such as medium-sized business owners T&D Concrete opposed this. They would have paid their fair share. My understanding is that under the present system, business owners pay the same amount as a homeowners do. I think this is unfair and should be changed. Basing it on the square footage of the business seems to be right. T&D was mad, because he has over 10,000 feet of square footage.
Current system of $124 is not fair to homeowners. Would be nice to hear T&D say they have a better idea to not cost firefighters/emt's their jobs would will not be good for the county.