There is an ongoing debate over who should pay for fire services and at what cost amid rising fire service fee rates.
- The City of Tallahassee is proposing a 22% fire fee hike to help pay for things like new firefighter salaries and a new station.
- But the City of Tallahassee and Leon County are in a formal conflict resolution process to negotiate how much neighbors living in unincorporated areas will pay.
- Watch the video to hear a new proposal from County Commissioner Christian Caban. Who he says should foot the bill.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
“I do not believe that our taxpayers in the unincorporated Leon County should have to have an increase in their fire services fee point blank,” said Leon County Commissioner Christian Caban.
Commissioner Caban is calling for more public oversight when it comes to raising fire service fees…