Moorestown Fire District №1 and №2 will hold its annual election on Saturday, Feb. 20. District №1 will be held at the Emergency Services Building (Hose Co. №1), 261 W. Main St. and District no. 2 will be held at Lenola Fire House,229 N. Lenola Road. Polls will be open from 2 to 9 p.m. as established by state law.
For Moorestown Fire District №1, residents can vote to approve the 2016 annual budget and elect two fire commissioners.
Registered voters will be asked to elect two individuals to three-year terms on the Board of Fire Commissioners. Incumbent Fire Commissioners Peter R. Bowman and Bradley J. Kenney are running unopposed. Bowman, a former fire commissioner, filled the unexpired seat of Howard Schuster who passed away in 2015. Bowman has filed a petition to continue his role as a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners. Kenney has been a fire commissioner since 2013; he is running for his second term.
The proposed fire budget totals $2.08 million to be raised by taxation. This is a $27,557 decrease from last year. The total budget appropriation this year is $2.16 million, a $108,357 decrease from last year, primarily due to general operating expenses decreasing and the completion of debt service on a $860,000 general obligation bond that was approved by voters on Dec. 28, 2002, to make improvements to the primary fire station where administrative operations are housed. The final payment was made in 2015.
The average assessed home of $446,500 will pay $294.69 in taxes if the budget is approved.
For more information, visit www.moorestownfire.org.
For Moorestown Fire District №2, voters will be asked to vote on the two open seats for the Board of Fire Commissioners, the annual budget for the Fire District and replacing a roof.
There are three people running for two open seats on the Board of Fire Commissioners. Incumbents are Jaqueline Grant and William Ruggiano, and the third is newcomer, Brandon Thompson.
The Annual Budget is asking for total revenues of $1.37 million, which includes the amount to be raised by taxation of $729,833. The amount to be raised by taxation increased $14,310 as compared to the prior year, within the allotted 2 percent levy cap. The proposed tax rate increased 1/10 of a cent to .085 per $100.00 of assessed valuation.
Fire District №2 is also asking for authorization to replace the existing lower roof of the Lenola Volunteer Fire Station for a cost not to exceed $115,000. Funding will be provided from unrestricted reserve fund balance.
For more information, visit www.moorestownfire2.com.
