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File #: 1076-24    Version: A Name: Subject: Communication from the Fire Chief requesting the city authorize the placement of a fire department referendum on the April 1, 2025 spring ballot. This referendum will restore the EMT and Paramedic positions lost in 2022. (ABM attached) Re
Type: Communication Status: Passed
File created: 11/21/2024 In control: Finance and Personnel Committee
On agenda: 12/3/2024 Final action: 12/3/2024
Title: Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, Alders Kelly, Land, Horton, Perez, Davis, Coe, Harmon, Peete, and Jones, on behalf of the Fire Chief, requesting permission that the City authorize the placement of a Fire Department referendum on the April 1, 2025 Spring ballot. Recommendation of the Finance and Personnel Committee on 11-25-2024: That the City authorize the placement of a Fire Department referendum on the April 1, 2025 Spring ballot. Fiscal Note: The referendum will increase the 2026 levy by $1.5 million dollars and on an ongoing basis going forward. The estimated annual impact to a home assessed at $175,000 is $54.
Attachments: 1. 1121824A-Agenda Briefing Memorandum ABM Spring Referendum, 2. Levy Limit Calculation Table Revised, 3. Referendum Info 2025-2026 V-2, 4. #1076-24 Resolution

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Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, Alders Kelly, Land, Horton, Perez, Davis, Coe, Harmon, Peete, and Jones, on behalf of the Fire Chief, requesting permission that the City authorize the placement of a Fire Department referendum on the April 1, 2025 Spring ballot.

 

Recommendation of the Finance and Personnel Committee on 11-25-2024: That the City authorize the placement of a Fire Department referendum on the April 1, 2025 Spring ballot.

 

Fiscal Note: The referendum will increase the 2026 levy by $1.5 million dollars and on an ongoing basis going forward. The estimated annual impact to a home assessed at $175,000 is $54.