Notice to taxpayers of hearing on proposed Cumulative Firefighting, Building, and Equipment Fund

Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Hamblen Fire Protection District, Brown County, Indiana, that the fire district board will consider, at the Hamblen Fire District Department 4650 Sweetwater Trail, Nineveh, Indiana at 7:00 o’clock pm on June 1, 2011, the establishment of a Cumulative Firefighting, Building, and Equipment Fund under the provisions of Indiana Code IC 36-8-14 for all uses as set out for fire protection districts in said statute. The tax will be levied on all taxable real and personal property within the taxing district and will not exceed $0.0333 per $100 of assessed valuation. The proposed fund will be levied beginning with taxes first due and payable in the year 2012. Taxpayers appearing at such hearing shall have the right to be heard theron. The proposal for establishment of the Cumulative Firefighting, Building, and Equipment Fund is subject to approval by the Department of Local Government Finance, who will require a Notice of Submission to be given to the taxpayers by publication. After the publication of the Notice of Submission, ten (10) or more taxpayers in the taxing district may file a petition with the County Auditor not later than thirty (30) days after publication, setting forth their objections to the proposed levy.

Dated this 5, day of May, 2011

Michael O’Neil, Chairman

Dick Moore, Vice Chair

Roy Shea, Sec/Treas.

Hamblen Fire District Board

May 11, 25, 2011   11-121 & 11-140