Apparatus Replacement Budget Strategy

We will reduce our fleet from 12 major apparatus to 10, replacing at 5-year intervals three old trucks of limited capability with two trucks built for fighting fires. We will then continue to replace two pieces of equipment every five years. This strategy will enable us to reduce the retirement age to 25 years old and to maintain that retirement age. Our calculation of the budget requirement for this strategy is $300,000 per year. Using the estimated 2011 property assessment this would be an increase in the mill rate of 0.27 mills, or $27 for each $100,000 of property assessment.