The first elections of the year are this weekend. Elections will take place in Moorestown Fire Districts No. 1 and 2 on Saturday, 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. The date and time is set by the state.
Residents in each district will be asked to vote on a budget. One includes a tax decrease, while the other includes a tax increase.
Fire District No. 1's $2,332,744 budget includes a decrease of .063 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to .062, according to Moorestown Fire District No. 1 Administrator Chris Chesner. The amount to be raised by taxation will decrease by $9,591.
If approved, the owner of the averaged assessed home of $454,032 would pay $281.49 in Fire Taxes in 2020.
The overall budget decreases by $201,064, a 7.9 percent decrease from last year. It includes funding for repairs at Station 312 on Chester Avenue.