Measure on the ballot in the 2026 Oregon General Election in Umatilla County.
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Get StartedUmatilla County Fire District #1 provides fire and life safety services within the territory of the Fire District. These emergency services are provided 24 hours per day with a combination of paid professional staff and trained volunteers. The district does not currently receive an operating levy. If approved, this measure would adopt a new levy of $0.89 per $1,000 of assessed value. This new levy would allow the district to maintain current paramedic, EMT, and firefighter staffing levels, and retain 16 of said staff that are currently funded by a temporary Federal Emergency Management Administration grant, which expires in 2028. This levy would additionally fund emergency medical and firefighting operations. Without the new levy funding, at least 16 total paramedic, EMT, and firefighter positions currently funded by the FEMA grant will be eliminated and one fire station closed for 24 hour staffing. The proposed rate will raise approximately $2,630,026.00 in 2027-28, $2,708,926.78 in 2028-29, $2,790,194.58 in 2029-2030, $2,873,900.42 in 2030-2031, and $2,960,117.43 in 2031-2032, for a total over five years of $13,963,165.21.
Shall District impose $0.89 per $1,000 of assessed value for five years beginning 2027-28 to fund general operations? This measure may cause property taxes to increase than three percent.
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