Fire district levy to be decided in Canfield and township
By Robert Connelly, Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
It is a 1.25-mill permanent levy that will generate
Fire district Chief Don Hutchison said this levy is for the new fire station that will be built on
"Whenever the board focused on building a fire station, they did not want to build it without having the funds to man it," Hutchison said.
The resolution to put the levy on the ballot passed with a 4-0 vote. Board member and city Councilman
When asked if he thought
The selection of the station to be built in the northwest area of the district's coverage zone was made after four studies. Those all showed the department's slowest response time along with increased residential development was in the northwest.
The district currently has stations at
Those studies looked at a new firehouse in three areas of coverage, and how many additional streets could be covered. A new firehouse in the southwest area would service 12 more streets, southeast 22 more streets and in the northwest, which was chosen, 49 more streets.
Cartwright also talked about how the district recently had lowered its
The new fire station could lead to lower ISO ratings and lower insurance rates for residents. "It is a possibility for the next [rating]. That is a great possibility, especially for those residents over" in the northwest, Cartwright said.
The fire district selected Balog, Steines, Hendricks, and
The Cardinal Joint Fire District Board is made up of members representing the city council, township trustees, a citizen representing the township and city, and one at-large member.
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