Construction of a new fire station in Star, located at 9415 W. Floating Feather Rd, is complete, but the station sits idle without the necessary funding to staff firefighters.
With a $2.225 million levy once again on the upcoming ballot, fire officials are making efforts to educate the public on what will happen if voters reject the levy for the fourth time.
Watch to learn more about the budget levy increase.
“We need to do a levy increase. That’s the only mechanism that we have to staff the new fire station,” said Greg Timinsky, Fire Chief of The Middleton and Star Fire District.
Timinsky has been with the fire service for about 35 years and became fire chief in Star in 2013, witnessing the community’s rapid growth firsthand…