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Concerns Voiced About Fire Protection Fee Increase

By Greg Bebermeyer and Heidi Wolfgang

01/20/2017

(KMZA)--Representatives of four Nemaha County townships met with the Seneca City Council Wednesday evening to voice their concerns about an increase in fees charged by the city to provide fire protection.

Meeting with the Council were representatives of Center, Clear Creek, Richmond and Gilman townships.

The township officials told the Council they had not been informed of the fee increase before their budgets were set and didn’t have the funding to pay for the increase.

The Council approved the fee increase last November on the recommendation of its Service Committee, Beginning this year, total fees will increase by $10,000 each year for four years. The fee increase is to help the Seneca Fire Department with the replacement of tanker truck in the coming years.

Mayor Joe Mitchell apologized for leaving the townships out of the Service Committee meeting and said the city could work out a payment plan.

City Administrator Matt Rehder said he would go to the Nemaha County Commission to discuss the issue with them.

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