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Orange Park will continue pursuing a non-ad valorem tax on all residents - including tax-exempt properties - to fund the town’s fire department beginning in 2008.

Town Council members on Tuesday night voted to inform county and state officials of their intentions to create a “municipal service benefit unit,” and to hire a consultant to develop fee structures. Meanwhile, a final vote won’t come until after two public hearings in May.

Town Manager John Bowles proposed the idea to replace some dried up funding sources including interlocal agreements and reduced property taxes.

The non-ad valorem tax will affect all entities served by the department including Moosehaven, retirement Baptist/St. Vincent’s, churches and day-care centers.

“We believe we have the responsibility to pay,” said Moosehaven director John Capes, who attended Tuesday’s meeting. Capes asked the council to keep him apprised of developments as he is in the middle of a multi-million dollar renovation and preparing Moosehaven’s budget.

“This timing is going to push us,” Capes said. “This will be an extremely important financial decision for Moosehaven.”

In other business, the council agreed to pursue a bank loan of up to $1 million for sorely needed street and drainage projects in the Montclair and Village Green subdivisions.

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