http://www.esterofire.org/about/releases/2010-frpa-award.htm
http://www.esterofire.org/board/
Most Estero residents won’t be paying more for fire protection in 2011, but they might be in 2012.
Estero Fire Board commissioners Thursday unanimously approved an $11.13 million operating budget for 2011 and set a tax rate of $2 for every $1,000 of property value. That means a resident with a home valued at $200,000 after homestead will pay about $400 for fire protection next year.
http://www.news-press.net/data/dataWorkBench/index.php?dataset=815&mode=search
The county, its cities and fire districts will have to raise tax rates or cut millions from next year’s budgets after another drop in property values.
New assessments from the county’s property appraiser released Tuesday show the taxable value of county property dropping to $54.9 billion in 2009 — down 15 percent from the year before and almost 40 percent from four years ago during the height of real estate market. The numbers will be used to calculate local governments’ 2010-11 budgets.
http://www.news-press.com/article/20100209/NEWS0102/2090367/1075/Fire-consolidation-put-on-ice
February 9, 2010 by Christina Cepero ccepero@news-press.com
http://www.esterofire.org/pdfs/Feasibility%20and%20Consolidation%20Study%20FINAL%2012-22-2009.pdf
