Hauser Fire to float levy for first time in 21 years
Hauser Fire Capt. Gary Mobbs gears up during an equipment demonstration Tuesday at the Hauser Fire Station. The Hauser Lake Fire Protection District and Volunteer Fire Department will float a $480,675 maintenance and operations levy reset in May. This is the first time since 2003 the department will put forth a levy measure to its constituents, and only the second time since Hauser Fire’s inception in 1952.
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Hauser Lake Fire Protection District Chief James Neils discusses the importance of radios for firefighting Tuesday at the fire station in Hauser. The volunteer department will be asking residents in its district to go to the polls in May for a levy reset that, if approved, would help fund operations and keep Hauser Fire's budget on pace with rising costs.
Joan Rodman, Hauser Fire treasurer and administrative assistant, provides details Tuesday about why the volunteer fire department will be floating a $480,675 levy in May. An open house will be from 6-7:30 tonight at the Hauser Fire Station, 10728 N. Hauser Lake Road, for community members to engage with fire officials and ask questions about the upcoming levy election. Also pictured: Hauser Fire Capt. Gary Mobbs.
Hauser Fire Capt. Gary Mobbs, who started with the department when he was 18, shows wear and tear on firefighter turnout gear Tuesday at the station.
HAUSER — The Hauser Lake Fire Protection District and Volunteer Fire Department will float a $480,675 maintenance and operations levy reset in May.
If approved by the required 66.67% supermajority of voters, the levy would raise Hauser Fire’s annual base budget from $255,392 to $736,067, after which the state’s 3% cap per year would apply as normal going forward. The yearly $.51 per $1,000 property owners in the district are now paying would go up to $1.48 per $1,000, for a fee increase of $.97 per $1,000 of taxable assessed property value beginning Oct. 1, if the supermajority is reached.
This is the first time since 2003 the department will put forth a levy measure to its constituents, and only the second time since Hauser Fire’s inception in 1952. The department was officially established as a fire protection district in 1976.
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