Extending fire district would mean tax levy vote
A true fire protection district covering the city and surrounding rural areas would be the best way to provide emergency fire and ambulance service in the future, in the opinion of Glenwood Rural Fire Protection District Board Chairman Bill Livingston. He’s not alone in that assessment, either. But selling voters on such a measure, including the necessary property tax mill levy required to fund an expanded fire district, would be a challenge, he said.