Concord Township Issue 1 Tax Levy

A tax levy has been placed on the November 5 ballot to fund a new, incredibly large fire station. If passed, YOU will pay your share of the $10 million in new taxes.
- Building this 24,000-square-foot fire station, which is four times bigger than the main station on Rt. 608, will cost $372/square foot. The national average is $193/square foot.
- In addition to construction costs, this plan wastes up to $7 million in interest alone. The total cost will be more than $17 million.
Our firefighters and EMS professionals deserve the best resources, but we can’t accept these excessive plans or make Concord taxpayers pay for them over the next 28 years.
- We are already overburdened by all the taxes Concord residents pay, including fire, safety, roads and increased property taxes.
- There are alternative sources of funding – including the continuous Safety Levy passed in 2015 and more than $1 million of special business taxes collected each year – that won’t raise our taxes.
Other communities in the area deliver five-star safety with new and affordable fire stations.
- We fully support our firefighters and EMS professionals but can do so with facilities that are more reasonable – in both size and cost.
- We need to send a message to our elected officials to be more prudent and fiscally responsible. We need to defeat Issue 1 on November 5.

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