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Today's Poll!Prop 2 Supporters: Funding needs real, will affect quality of service
Opponents: Existing funding for firefighters is sufficient
Photo by Jim Dyke.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
On Tuesday, voters will decide whether to approve a proposed dedicated sales tax for the Jefferson City Fire Department, but some say the department is doing fine with the funds it already has.
Opponents of Proposition 2 have indicated they believe the Fire Department provides service well enough as it is and does not need the excess funding, while supporters of the tax say the department cannot afford better equipment and continued training without additional funding.
The proposed quarter-cent sales tax would sunset in 15 years and is anticipated to raise more than $41 million for the department to provide equipment, training, vehicles, and help fund station replacements and renovations.
If approved, funds from the tax would be broken down as follows:
Pick up our newspaper or log onto our e-Edition for Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, to read summaries of the projects and services the tax is proposed to fund.
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Comments
geekydee 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Interesting budget read, and it raises some very valid points, but combined with the JC budget from JC Finance Dept., it makes it even more interesting. So, the past JCFD budgets are as as follows:
FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 5,030,327.11 5,155,119.52 5,524,449.00 5,810,700.00*
Will the funding levels remain the same, or will they be reduced by the expected tax revenue generated by the new tax the city wants? Think about it, what could the city do with an extra 1.8 (2.6 revenue - .8 prop tax loss) Million dollars? The temptation is just too great, they will get their Transformation money, one way or another.
*Source: jeffcitymo.org/finance/documents/2011AdoptedBudget.pdf
JCLifer 9 months, 2 weeks ago
TRANSFORMATION PART II
RobHunterJohnson 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Cost has never gone down on very few things in my lifetime? The only thing I can think of is a VCR? We have to fund the Fire departments and everything else that society needs, The budgets Dee placed here tell the story. Vote yes on proposition 2. Rob
JCsleeper 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Wasn't $41M about what the Transormation was gonn raise?
PatsyDecline 9 months, 2 weeks ago
VOTE NO ON PROP 2 TODAY!!
RobHunterJohnson 9 months, 2 weeks ago
VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROB
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