||| FROM PENNY BUTTKE* et. al |||
Citizens for Orcas Fire District has formed to support the proposed 5-year temporary levy that will fund our Fire District’s operations. Elected in November 2023, the new Board of Fire Commissioners actively sought voter feedback before finalizing the new levy rate of 77 cents / $1000 valuation. This rate is less than the two previously proposed rates and is 24 cents over the current levy rate of 53 cents / $1000.
When passed, this new levy will provide the necessary resources to continue meeting our island’s needs for critical life-saving assistance, as well as for personal and property safety services. This funding will ensure the level of vital medical support you have come to expect regardless of the time of day or night. The levy will also provide for volunteer and full time professionally trained fire and rescue personnel delivering safety and protective services across our island.
Passing this levy safeguards the essential emergency medical, fire fighting and rescue services that we all depend on.
Please join us in voting YES.
Penny Buttke, Clark Cundy, Bob Distler, Karen Guice, Toni Knudson, Milly Vetterlein
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