Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue (CKFR) is preparing a bond that would allow for facilities improvements and new fire stations that could go to voters on the November 3 general election ballot. The bond, if approved by the district's commissioners on Monday and approved in the fall, would begin to be collected in spring of 2021. CKFR planned to put the bond on the primary election ballot in August, but its board of commissioners decided to delay placing it on the ballot because of economic uncertainty due to COVID-19. The funding request will come after two other levies for emergency services have ended, meaning property owners will actually be paying less than what they paid in 2019 for the maintenance and operations levy and bond. CKFR estimates taxpayers would be assessed 32 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value, about two cents less on average than currently.