ICYMI: Simsbury Fire District Proposes Budget with No Mill Rate Increase

This article previously was published by Simsbury Patch. We’re republishing it here in case you missed it:

By KITTY VANGUNTEN (Open Post)

At its regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 13, the Simsbury Fire District completed its budget workshops for the coming year and voted unanimously to pass their recommended 2.95M budget on to the District’s Annual Town Meeting for approval by the taxpayers.

If that budget is adopted on May 11, there will be no change in the mill rate and will remain at 1.19 mills for the second consecutive year. This follows a mill rate reduction from budget year 2013/2014 where it was previously 1.21 mills.

According to District President Gary Wilcox, the goal was to offer a budget that maintained services to the community without increasing the present mill rate.

This present fiscal year the Fire District has taken delivery of two new fire engine pumpers and has done so as in its past history without any borrowing of funds.

These two pumpers are expected to provide 25 years of service life similar to the pumpers they are replacing. The proposed budget includes replacement of the departments breathing apparatus equipment.

The Annual Meeting of the Simsbury Fire District is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2015 in the Main Meeting Room of the Simsbury Fire Main Station at 871 Hopmeadow St.

Voters will have an opportunity to hear reports on activities of the District in the past year and vote on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2015/2016.

The proposed budget can be reviewed on the website under the Fire District section.