Cinnaminson Fire Budget Passes
Two incumbents were returned to their seats as fire commissioners, as voters also OK'd a $3.7 million budget.
With just a fraction of registered voters turning out, Cinnaminson's fire budget easily passed Saturday, 119-45.
Two incumbent commissioners, Roger Butler and Frank Ellison Jr., ran unopposed and were re-elected to three-year terms.
The total Cinnaminson Fire District budget for 2013 is $3,748,628. Of that, $2,741,234 will be raised by taxation. The remaining funds are from budget surplus, grants and more.
This was the fifth year in a row the fire district presented a budget to voters with no tax increase. The department has a detailed breakdown of the 2013 budget on its website.
Cinnaminson has more than 8,600 registered voters; fire districts elections, always held on the third Saturday in February, typically draw very few voters to the polls. This year's turnout was less than 2 percent.
Cindy Pierson
5:45 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Thank you to the Cinnaminson fire fighters! Some of us really appreciate all you do for us!
Ric
7:38 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Cindy, I was not aware that there were not many in Cinnaminson that did not appreciate the services of our fire department. I want to make it clear I am sure they are good people even though I disagree with their finances.
I do not want to be accused as being insensitive to other government employees: I also appreciate all the township units including the police, library, schools (I attended 4 years there), sewer, and trash etc. I am sure they are good people.
Tom
5:54 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
And thank you for helping us.
John
7:35 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Oh boy, how on earth are we renting Hydrants from the water company....who is supposed to take care of those things besides the residents....what happens if u go to use one and its not working, get a pipe wrench out and wack the heck out of it....lets hope there are no fires until after we get our new fire trucks....oh thats right it going to take alot of time to get them....talk about living on the edge....its too bad that only 2% of the people voted, how many of them were fire fighters...have a great day....
Mark
7:32 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
John, did you get out and vote this past Saturday? If not do everyone in town a favor and shut the heck up please. How much of your negativity can you impose on people? Life is really not that bad.
Your family must think you are a joy to be around.
John
11:26 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
Hey Mark give me a break if it was not for me and ric this township would really stink...And why do U bring in my family, at no time do I say anything about your family so do me a favor grow up....I am 66 and know expenses vs budgetary items....Hey let the township buy me a charger...and lets be real a 1 cent raise last year in the fire dept tax rate on an assessed house of 300,000 is 300.00 dollars so when they say there was no increase thats a lie....wake up and smell the coffee
Phil
1:01 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
John, are you just blatantly ignoring this sentence from the story?
"This was the fifth year in a row the fire district presented a budget to voters with no tax increase."
John
1:09 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
@phil, no I look at the tax bill that comes in the mail and from WHAT I READ there was a 1 cent raise in the fire district assessment, sorry but I can read a tax statement and I also know that our taxes are chewed up by 60% for OUR SCHOOLS, next time U do some research and read the FINE PRINT OK, they will print anything to get it passed
Phil
1:37 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
John, I've done research and I'm sick and tired of you posting the same stuff over and over. You've reached the "boy who cried wolf" stage. The levy has remained the same. As has the levy of the municipal tax as has the levy of the county (which has gone down). You're right, taxes have increased, the levy anyways, from the school district. When comparing budgets from year to year, one needs to go against the levy. Because of all the property assessment appeals, each budget calculates its rate by taking the levy and dividing out by the assessed values. Unfortunately, the rates are adjusted each year because of differences in assessed values. Our wonderful governor and all his "caps" go against the levy, not tax rate so any entity can claim the "no tax increase" when in reality that may not be the case. Some see taxes go up, some down, some the same. You're complaint against the fire district and you put a stat there for the schools. How much of the tax bill does the Fire District budget take up?
John
2:01 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
Hey U tell me your the expert, good luck....I only read my tax bill for the information!!!!
Mark
2:36 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
John,
If the taxes in this town, county or state are that much of a burden, why then do you continue to stay and pay taxes here? I am baffled. There are many states that have much lower tax rates and along with that much lower services. I am not saying what this town has is perfect, they are far from that, but I live each day with the fact that I am going to pay more to someone somewhere. Do I like it? Hell no. But just like I need to put gas in my car to get to work, it is a fact of life, even though I know our politicians are getting richer for higher gas prices. Why do you think they do nothing about OPEC? Too much money for their own personal coffers, not ours.
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John
1:29 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@Mark, get real ok, we did all the work for OPEC and all they did was take it over, do not know why OPEC does what it does....So sorry that my comments are bugging U
Keven
2:48 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
John, Mark, Phil, if you guys could add a little racial stuff in there it would be great.