Hydrant Fee Could Help Sustain Plum Borough Fire Fund
Officials are discussing implementing a hydrant fee on all households to help fund fire department needs.
Plum Borough residents might have to pay an extra fee to help fund fire department needs in upcoming years. Plum officials are considering implementing a hydrant fee for all residents to benefit the borough's fire fund. Council had voted on the matter last year and decided to give it more time. Members of the borough council finance committee—Mike Dell, Keith Nowalk and Don Knopfel—met with fire department officials on Tuesday to discuss the possibility. All four borough fire departments—Holiday Park, Unity, Logans Ferry and Renton—had representatives present at the meeting. The borough's fire fund—used to pay for fire department equipment and apparatuses, insurance, hydrant and water service, worker's compensation and more—currently has a…
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