Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, Alders Kelly, Land, Horton, Perez, Davis, Coe, Harmon, Peete, and Jones, on behalf of the Fire Chief, requesting permission that the City authorize the placement of a Fire Department referendum on the April 1, 2025 Spring ballot. Recommendation of the Finance and Personnel Committee on 11-25-2024: That the City authorize the placement of a Fire Department referendum on the April 1, 2025 Spring ballot. Fiscal Note: The referendum will increase the 2026 levy by $1.5 million dollars and on an ongoing basis going forward. The estimated annual impact to a home assessed at $175,000 is $54.

Committee

Finance and Personnel Committee

Introduced

November 21, 2024

On agenda

December 3, 2024

Passed

December 3, 2024