The Wood County Fire Services Board is getting ready to mail the new fire fee bills.
“The 2019 fire fee invoices went out in the mail (Tuesday),” Board Chairman Kim Marshall said. ”There were no changes to the bills this year.”
The new bills are due back by April 15.
The fire fee is assessed annually at 2 cents per square foot for single family residences and apartments and 3 cents per square foot on industrial properties. A $3,000 cap is in place for industrial sites that would be over $3,000. Any structure determined by the Wood County assessor to be uninhabitable will be assessed a $5 fee.
Non-commercial outbuildings, such as a detached garage or a large barn and a couple of sheds, are charged at a flat rate of $5, regardless of the number of additional buildings.
Nonprofits are charged a reduced rate of 1.25 cents per square foot. Residents on the Homestead Exemption will be charged the 1.25 cents per square foot rate as well.