The 2012 Moorestown Township Fire District election will be held on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Emergency Services Building (Hose Co. №1) at 261 W. Main St. The polls are open from 2 to 9 p.m., according to fire district representatives. Entrance to the polling place is through the rear of the building by the entrance driveway.
Voters will be asked to approve the 2012 budget and fill one open seat on the fire district commission.
Two candidates seek membership for a single, three-year term on the board of fire commissioners. The candidates are incumbent board chairman Karl A. Shelley and Bradley J. Kenney.
Voters will decide the fate of the 2012 budget, which totals a little more than $1.77 million, almost a $30,000 increase over the 2011 budget. Despite the increase, the budget’s tax rate will remain flat at .049 cents per every $100 of assessed property value, the same as the 2011 rate.
Homeowners in the township with an average assessed home of $529,800 will pay $259 in fire taxes for 2012 if the budget is approved.
This rate includes debt service for a building improvement authorization approved by the voters on Dec. 28, 2002, according to fire district administrator Chris Chesner. Also, the rate includes debt service for the purchase of three pieces of fire apparatus approved by voters on Sept. 20, 2003.
On the ballot will also be an additional question, to approve the replacement of a new brush unit in 2013. The amount of this purchase won’t exceed $100,000.
Vote by mail ballot applications are available at the Burlington County Clerk’s Office, which can be reached by calling (609) 265–5122 or on the Moorestown District №1’s website at www.moorestownfire.org.
