Cedar Area Fire & Rescue (CAFR) is building a second station near Kasson Township to provide better emergency response times to their west. Officials from Cleveland Township, one of the four townships serviced by CAFR, supported the expansion at their Tuesday regular meeting.
Cleveland Township Supervisor Tim Stein said that the costs of adding the new station would be very minimal. While Cleveland Township taxpayers will not be directly paying for the new building, they will help underwrite the additional costs of operating a second station.
“The cost that is actually added to our expenses still keeps our fire millage at just over 2.5 mills. And for fire and emergency services, 2.5 mills is a real bargain,” Stein said. “In my humble opinion, we would be good stewards of the CAFR if we, in fact, supported this effort and agreed with Centerville and Solon to go ahead and fund the additional operating costs.”
