Orland Fire Passes New $29 Million Budget While Contract Negotiations Continue
The Orland Fire Protection District board voted in favor of a budget with $29,035,294 in expenditures. How salaries for the district’s staff will affect the budget remain to be seen until contracts are in place.
The Orland Fire Protection District’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted for the upcoming fiscal year’s budget that includes $29,035,294 in projected expenditures and $29,931,000 in expected revenue, at Tuesday night’s meeting. The 2013 budget is about $300,000 less in expenses than was planned for in 2012. District administrators attributed the reduction to cutting $4.8 million from department head requests submitted in mid-October, a lower benefit obligation through making an additional payment to the district’s retiree health care trust fund and prioritizing costs that are specific to emergency response. “Things that have a more direct impact on our ability to respond to an emergency in a timely fashion get a higher priority,” Orland …
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10:03 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Every time I read an article about this spending behemoth called the OFPD it makes my blood pressure raise. What a scam. Taking advantage of hardworking tax payers. What are the budgets in all the surrounding towns...Oak Forest,Midlothian,Posen,Doltan. If this town wasn" t filled with hardworking people paying $10,000/yr property taxes ,they wouldn't" t be making these crazy salaries with … more ›