Sales Tax Question

Sales Tax Question

The Versailles Rural Fire Protection District wants to thank you for your vote in passing this .05% sales tax levy starting in October and with a reduction in your property tax by half the amount collected in sales tax in 2027, starting in 2028.

Our goals with this sales tax levy are many:

-Reduce the property taxes you pay and shift as much cost for your fire protection to others that shop and pass through the fire district.

-Reduce our ISO (Insurance Services Organization) rating to at least a six, if not lower. We are currently at a rating of seven. This would reduce your homeowner's insurance rates.

-Add a 4th station in the Hwy 52 East corridor, from the city limits to the Hwy 52 & Rt. C area. Our call volume in this area has increased significantly over the last few years.

-Equip the new station with new or newer, used apparatus.

-Reduce our "rolling fleet" by combining engines and tankers into a single Engine/Tanker. If station 4 is built that would mean instead of having 4 engines and AT LEAST 4 tankers, we could reduce that number in half and operate more efficiently with 4 Engine/Tankers. This would reduce yearly maintenance and insurance costs.

-Purchase gear washers for the outlying stations to help reduce the risks of fire related cancers and keep our gear in working condition longer.

-Continue upgrading the PPE for our firefighters to reduce heat stress while working and the long-term effects of the carcinogens we encounter on almost every call.

-Update our training facilities to better deliver classes and training, not just for our own firefighters, but others around the central Missouri area.

Versailles Rural Fire Protection District wants to thank you for voting YES on the Sales Tax Question, April 7th, 2026.

THANK YOU!