My name is Glenn R. Grossman, and I am against a new property tax in Carefree.
The proposed Automatic Aid system, which is why the local property tax is being proposed, is wasteful spending for Carefree. Rural Metro is the most cost-effective fire and emergency service option by far. Staying with their service makes the proposed property tax unnecessary.
Rural Metro Fire Department should be retained due to their 50 years of excellent fire and emergency service to our town at a relatively low operating cost. We now have two fully staffed engines in Carefree: 821 and 825, which gives us internal backup fire and emergency medical service without any outside resources.
Automatic aid would require a new, more expensive fire and emergency service. They are over $1 million per year more expensive plus they require another $1 million of up-front costs. The current town budget can handle the Rural Metro fire and emergency service, but not the proposed Automatic Aid.
I urge Carefree taxpayers to vote “NO” on local property taxes.
Thank you,
Glenn R. Grossman
2022 Carefree Town Council Candidate
