The Eagle River Fire Protection District’s Board of Directors has determined that it will cancel a May 5 election in which the district intended to ask voters to set a 1.8 mill levy for a fire equipment and maintenance fund. The mill levy was estimated to raise just under $2 million in its first year, and was to have been used to fund the purchase and maintenance of critical operational equipment.
“This was a very difficult decision,” Eagle River Fire Protection District Chief Karl Bauer said. “The district still must find a way to procure essential rescue, breathing and other life-saving equipment and properly maintain those investments. However, until we overcome the economic difficulty created by the coronavirus pandemic, we should not ask voters for this modest tax increase.”