Last year, property owners in the county’s more than 19,000-square-mile Fire Protection District 5 saw the new $157 per parcel fee added to property tax bills. First conceived of by County Fire administrators, the fee was to provide a steady revenue stream and bail the department out of a multi-million-dollar budget shortfall. However, angry residents … Continue reading COUNTY FIRE CHIEF DISCUSSED THE REPEAL OF FP-5 ON Z107-7 FRIDAY