A member of the public and an elected township official asked the Porter County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Tuesday morning to do more to ensure prompt response times for fire service in …
A member of the public and an elected township official asked the Porter County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Tuesday morning to do more to ensure prompt response times for fire service in West Porter Township, starting by changing its appointments to the West Porter Township Fire Protection District if necessary.
Members Rob Rabelhofer and Brad Zupan voted yes, but three yeahs were necessary in addition to unanimous approval by the Winfield Township Board to make a go of a new, joint fire protection district. The town of Winfield had been involved in talks but pulled out of the actual vote. Board of Commissioners Vice President Barb Regnitz, R-Center, explained to Shultman that the contract is in no way behind schedule. She told her contracts for any calendar year are typically not entered into until the preceding fall.
He said the increases to fire protection fees paid by covered residents that would be required if a West Porter Fire Territory were established have been grossly overblown. He said the increase would be more like 40%, not 800%.Board of Commissioners President Jim Biggs, R-North, told Reynolds the limited efforts to advertise the issue and its attendant vote were insufficient. “You had 60 people in that room,” Biggs said of the March 20 vote. “You have over 6,000 in that territory.
Regnitz said rather than promoting X number of additional personnel, the public should be given their options in terms of what expected response times would be at varying levels of investment.
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