{"id":46565,"date":"2020-04-28T18:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T22:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=46565"},"modified":"2020-04-28T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T22:08:39","slug":"here-we-go-again-more-money-more-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/04\/here-we-go-again-more-money-more-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Here we go again \u2026. More Money More Money!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fire-risk-assessment-panicking-men.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35971\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fire Commissioners have adopted a resolution calling for a referendum (election) in the primary election on August 18, 2020, for the voters to approve the new proposed assessment methodology generally referred to as the \u201csimplified fire\u201d assessment methodology. Voted 5-0 by the fire commissioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">New Ballot Question Approved<\/span> &#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>FUNDING LEHIGH ACRES FIRE DISTRICT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>SERVICES, ADMINISTRATION, AND CAPITAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>WITH NON-AD VALOREM PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As an alternative to ad valorem taxes and current assessments, may Lehigh Acres Fire District annually levy non-ad valorem assessments beginning fiscal year 2020\/2021 to fund fire protection, rescue, emergency medical services, administration, governance and associated capital not exceeding $162 per parcel plus $.93 per $1,000 of value of improvements thereon, together with identified administrative costs, collection costs, and statutory discounts, with increases limited by growth in Florida personal income over the previous 5 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fire Commissioner Rehired Attorney Mark G. Lawson as special counsel for the simplified fire assessment methodology for the District. Voted 5-0 by the fire commissioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/New-rescues.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46566\" width=\"344\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/New-rescues.png 782w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/New-rescues-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/New-rescues-768x521.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fire Commissioners approved to purchase TWO new 2020 Braun Super Chief ambulance, built on a 2021 Freightliner M2 extended cab chassis. For the price of $593,744.00 Voted 5-0 by the fire commissioners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fire Commissioners have adopted a resolution calling for a referendum (election) in the primary election on August 18, 2020, for the voters to approve the new proposed assessment methodology&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}