Voters in the Menlo Park Fire Protection District are being asked to raise the limit on the amount of money the district can spend each year from $25 million to $40 million.
Measure G, which needs only a simple majority of votes to pass, will not increase taxes. If passed, the measure would be in effect for four years.
District board members decided to ask voters to approve the higher spending limit — also known as the appropriations limit — because they expect revenues to exceed the current limit in each of the next four fiscal years. “The change in appropriations limit … allows the District to fully use revenues that have already been approved,” they state in the ballot argument in favor of the measure.
Last year, the board asked voters to renew the $25 million limit for four years by approving Measure O, which passed by a wide margin. Since then, they realized that revenues were likely to exceed that level.
Board members cite the increase in the number and size of buildings the district is charged with protecting, as well as increased demand for services — including prevention, emergency and disaster preparedness, and public education — in their appeal for a higher spending limit.
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