Department officials say Madison Township’s fire department needs to replace its aging stations, equipment, and add staff, and voters will decide on May 3 whether to support a 3-mill, five-year levy that will cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $100 more a year, according to a report in journal-news.com.

The levy would generate about $850,000 a year, if passed. If it fails, the township will be forced to cut personnel from its emergency services, the report notes.

Officials say the township used to be served by about 60 volunteer firefighters, but that number has dwindled to around 45, which includes part-time EMS.

Even if it comes to staff reduction, the three stations—Station 152, a former schoolhouse, on Middletown Germantown Road, built in 1850; Station 151, at 4398 Elk Creek Rd., built in 1950; and the life squad at Ohio 122 and Mosiman Road, built in 1999—will need to be replaced.

The last two fire levies in the township passed in 2010 and 1979, the report notes.

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