NOTICE OF ADOPTION
FOR THE BLUFFTON
FIRE PROTECTION
TERRITORY EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT FUND
To the taxpayers of City of Bluffton (“Bluffton”), Lancaster and Harrison Townships, Wells County, Indiana.
You are hereby notified that on April 18, 2023, Bluffton (Provider Unit), Lancaster and Harrison Townships (Participating Units) all of Wells County, Indiana, pursuant to notice previously given, and under and by virtue of Ind. Code 36-8-19-8.5 each adopted an Ordinance or Resolutions, respectively, establishing an Equipment Replacement Fund for the Bluffton Fire Protection Territory to provide for the following:
Purchase, maintenance and repair of firefighting equipment, vehicles, buildings, and for use in the Bluffton Fire Protection Territory’s firefighting and emergency medical services, that will be used to serve the entire area identified in the Bluffton Fire Protection Territory:
The fund will be provided for by a property tax rate of Three and One-Third Cents ($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of taxable real and personal property within the taxing unit beginning in 2023 payable in 2024 and thereafter, continuing until reduced or rescinded.
Twenty Five (25) or more taxpayers in the taxing unit who will be affected by the tax rate and corresponding levy may file a petition with the Wells County Auditor not later than noon 30 days after the publication of this Notice setting forth their objections to the proposed cumulative fund. Upon the filing of the petition, the County Auditor shall immediately certify the same to the Department of Local Government Finance, at which point the Department will fix a date for and conduct a public hearing on the proposed Equipment Replacement Fund before issuing its approval, disapproval, or modification thereof.
Dated this 19th day of April, 2023
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLUFFTON
LANCASTER TOWNSHIP BOARD
HARRISON TOWNSHIP BOARD
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