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Originally Posted by Normal
So there won’t be a Wildwood Department after all is said and done? The entire city of Wildwood will use VSPDDD?
That’s good to know, we already are paying for unincorporated’s share of police which theoretically is unlawful. It would make zero sense for us to pay for a Wildwood fire department (our city) and the VSPDDD.
Of course it would only make sense to have the county charge the unincorporated a higher rate if that were the case.
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There is no such thing as a Wildwood Department today and there will be no such thing as a Wildwood Department when the VPSDDD becomes active. The city of Wildwood collects zero dollars for fire protection.
The city of Wildwood is within Sumter County and is serviced by either VPSD or SCFD today. The city of Wildwood. If a property is within the VPSD boundaries today then it will likely be within the VPSDDD boundaries in the future and will pay VPSDDD assessments. If the property is outside the VPSD boundaries today then it will likely be outside the VPSDDD boundaries in the future and will pay SCFD MSTU assessments.
Outside the scope of this thread:
It is highly unlikely that any Wildwood taxes you are paying are used for anything in the unincorporated section.
As for county taxes, you don't pay a police tax or an auditor tax or an assessor tax or specific tax for anything else. You pay a county tax that is used to cover the cost of county services. One of those services is the county sheriff. Either the sheriff also provides services within the incorporated areas which means you have services protecting you. Or, the sheriff department is scaled to provide services only in the unincorporated areas and therefore costs the county less than if it covered all areas. I have no idea which is the case and no interest in finding out. If you care enough you can contact the Wildwood govt, the Sumter county govt, or ask the question at one of the board meetings of either body.
The county cannot charge the unincorporated section more. There is no legal definition for the unincorporated section. The county is the county and the county charges all properties in within its boundaries a uniform rate. Within the county is the city of Wildwood. The city of Wildwood assesses taxes on properties within its boundaries. If you happen to live within the boundaries of the city of Wildwood then you are also within the boundaries of Sumter County. You pay uniform taxes assessed to all properties within Wildwood and you pay the uniform taxes assessed to all properties within Sumter County.
Your question ought to be, "What additional services am I receiving in the incorporated area for the additional taxes I pay to Wildwood?" That is a good question and has been asked in several previous threads. But, it has nothing to do with the VPSDDD.