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MoneyVigo County Commissioners · Aug 18, 2026 · This meeting · Full transcript

Commissioners approve ordinance creating a new fire tax district for Otter Creek Township

A region map outlines Otter Creek Township in Vigo County. The new fire protection district covers the township except the portion already inside Terre Haute. The map does not draw the city exclusion because no sourced Terre Haute boundary accompanies this event record.
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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

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Outcome

Approved on a voice vote

Approved on a voice vote; no per-member tally was recorded.

Ordinance and district boundaries explained — cued to 0:04:18 (4 minutes 18 seconds)

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