Westfield Fire District Budget Vote on Tuesday

The Budget meeting of the Westfield Fire District will be held on May 12, 2009 at 8:00 PM at the Westfield Fire Department, 653 East Street. All residents within the Fire District who are qualified as electors of the City of Middletown are eligible to vote on the budget.

At the meeting, the Fire District will adopt a mill rate for the coming fiscal year (July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010). Ross Andrew, Chair of the Fire District, said that the proposed expenditures of $1.2M are about 3% higher than last year, but that the mill rate would remain less than 1.0.

Westfield Fire is staffed predominantly by volunteer firefighters, which reduces costs. In addition, the presence in Westfield of large taxpayers such as Aetna reduces the need for a higher rate of taxation.