Lake Wenatchee Fire and Rescue will be asking voters in February to increase its regular property tax levy to reflect the rise in area property values. Chief Mick Lamar said the all-volunteer fire district would use the money to build funds for station improvements and equipment. If the current levy is not altered, Lamar claimed the current budgetary levels would severely impact Chelan County Fire District #9's operations. "Our trucks would be older, some of our (personal protective equipment) would be out of compliance, and then on top of that we have some differed maintenance on stations." Lamar explained, "Apparatus starts to get older and requires more and more maintenance dollars. We'd like to continue our level of service. We'd have to take a really deep dive to see what level of service and rigs we could keep in service if we could not get the voter support for this."