Here's a link to the ordinance and the preamble: https://brokenarrow.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
Note that this fee was previously by subscription, but people continued to opt out. Meanwhile, they never reformed the ambulance service. So they have a $180,000 budget shortfall and intend to...
I appreciate all of the responses! I will get a copy of the ordinance.
Be aware this is NOT a tax. It is a fee added to everyone's water bill.
Does this point make any difference in the legality?
This was an arbitrary idea the council passed to pay for their FD budget deficit.
The City Council of Broken Arrow, OK, recently decided to add a fee to everyone's water bill to pay for Fire Department losses due to people who do not pay their ambulance bill.
The Fire Department is funded by taxes, which everyone pays when buying local product.
The Ambulance "used to be"...