Fire authority precept frozen (From York Press)

Fire authority precept frozen

9:39am Thursday 9th February 2012 in News

A GOVERNMENT grant of £600,000 to the North Yorkshire Fire Authority means the amount paid by residents will not rise this year.

The decision to freeze the precept was voted unanimously yesterday by the authority.

Members said it would save some of this year’s grant and would try to save money on back office functions in case extra funding was unavailable next year.

Councillor Keith Aspden said: “The decision by North Yorkshire Fire Authority shows that additional costs for services do not need to be passed on to residents when the Government is offering funding. The decision to sensibly keep money back in reserve alongside back office savings will protect against the loss of the grant next year makes sense.”