Groton Township seeks fire levy renewal
The 1.75-mill, five-year levy raises about $73,000 a year and is the volunteer fire department's only operating money.
Groton Township voters will be asked Nov. 8 to renew a 1.75-mill, five-year fire and EMS levy.
Township fiscal officer Linda Jett said the levy is the only operating money for the Groton Township Volunteer Fire Department and brings in about $73,000 a year for maintenance, fuel, apparatus and equipment. It was first passed in 1989-90, when the department was formed. Jett, whose husband, Kerry Jett, is fire chief, said the chief spends the money carefully.
Trustee Roger Russell said the township has its own department but also mutual aid with neighboring townships and now Bellevue. The department has no ambulance of its own, but its EMTs and first responders make runs with North Central EMS.
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