Fire district taxes will remain flat for Cherry Hill residents for a fifth consecutive year after voters approved Cherry Hill Fire District No. 13’s budget during the Feb. 20 election.
According to unofficial results from the Cherry Hill Fire Department, approximately 62 percent of voters voted yes to approve the budget. Only 1,815 residents voted in the election, according to the unofficial totals.
This year’s budget totals $27.6 million, an increase of a little less than $200,000 from 2015. There are some capital improvements included in the budget, including improvements to the motor maintenance building and two new ambulances. The fire district is also expanding its emergency medical services and plans to add a full-time EMT later this year.
In the Board of Fire Commissioners election, incumbents Hugh “Skip” Gibson IV and Kellie Montana each won re-election over challenger Robert Shapiro. Montana earned 1,285 votes, Gibson received 1,228 votes and Shapiro finished with 835 votes.
Final vote totals will be posted to www.facebook.com/CherryHillFire once the Camden County Board of Elections releases them.
