Commissioners approve ordinance creating a new fire tax district for Otter Creek Township
Who it touches: If you live in Otter Creek Township outside the Terre Haute city limits, your property tax bill will eventually carry a new line for this fire district.
Commissioners voted to approve an ordinance establishing a fire protection district that covers all of Otter Creek Township except the part that already lies inside Terre Haute's city limits, attorney Richard Shagley told the board on behalf of the township. (4:18, 0:04:51 — open the recording, cued to 4 minutes 51 seconds
The new district becomes its own taxing entity with its own property tax levy, replacing the township trustee's budget as the way the fire department pays for training, paid firefighters, and equipment upkeep. 0:06:19 — open the recording, cued to 6 minutes 19 seconds
A township official confirmed this is a new, separate levy rather than an increase folded into an existing tax. 0:08:51 — open the recording, cued to 8 minutes 51 seconds
More from the record
- Ordinance and district boundaries explained0:04:18 (4 minutes 18 seconds)
- Voice vote approval0:08:56 (8 minutes 56 seconds)
Outcome
Approved on a voice vote
Approved on a voice vote; no per-member tally was recorded.
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