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NAPLES — Residents in the East Naples Fire Control and Rescue District won’t be paying a higher tax rate this coming fiscal year.
During a special budget workshop last month, East Naples fire commissioners lowered the district’s tentative 2008-09 tax rate from $1.4657 per $1,000 of taxable property value to $1.34 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
Thomas Cannon, the East Naples Fire Commission chairman, said he believed that the new tax rate is as low as it could go while remaining fiscally responsible.
“I don’t think we could go lower,” Cannon said.
The East Naples Fire Control and Rescue District’s preliminary budget hearing is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Station 20, 4798 Davis Blvd.
East Naples’ tentative 2008-09 general budget totals $23.24 million, with $13.97 million expected to come from property taxes.
According to the Collier County Property Appraisers Office, the average market value for a single-family home within the East Naples fire district is $351,500.
However, the average taxable value for a single family home in the district is $257,500, which takes into consideration the state’s new $50,000 homestead exemption and the Save-Our-Homes 3 percent increase cap.
With the tax rate at $1.34 per $1,000 of taxable property value, the average district homeowner could expect to pay $345.
The preliminary budget is up from the district’s $20.60 million 2007-08 budget, which had $13.8 million coming from tax revenue.
The district’s 2008-09 impact budget totals $1.07 million, with $170,000 coming from impact fees.
East Naples’ Assistant Chief Robert Potteiger, who helped put the budget together, said district had made some adjustments to tighten the budget ahead of Tuesday’s meeting.
“We’ll make it,” said Potteiger.
Cannon agreed that East Naples would be fine this fiscal year, but still had reservations about the district’s future.
The East Naples fire district has 110 employees, covers 140 square miles and serves roughly 90,000 residents.
For more information about the district, visit www.enfd.org or call 774-7111.
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Their budget has increased by $2.64 million since last year. Where is this money going? What additional services are they providing to justify this increase?
At a time when everyone else is making cuts, they have no problem increasing their budget at the taxpayer’s expense.
#1 Posted by NaplesOutlaw on September 8, 2008 at 10:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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