Cumberland County taxes will go up if fire funding proposal approved
The Cumberland County Public Safety Task Force voted Wednesday to support a proposal for funding fire departments that includes a 3.75-cent fire tax increase.Cumberland County commissioners must approve the increase, which would raise the fire tax to 15 cents per $100 in property and require the owner of a $200,000 home to pay an additional $75 in taxes on the house each year.The proposal, which is called a fire service funding model, includes baseline funding for each of the […]
