Edmonds council to review South County Fire annexation plan
EDMONDS — The Edmonds City Council will meet Tuesday to review a plan to annex into South County Fire, a step forward in the city’s quest to secure fire and emergency medical services by the end of 2025.
In December 2023, South County Fire told city officials it will terminate its contract — originally set to expire in 2030 — because it can no longer keep up with the demand of Edmonds’ growing population.
Commission Chair Jim Kenny told the City Council that South County Fire essentially subsidizes Edmonds’ payments, which are lower than those of other cities.
While each of the council’s three options — annexation, contracting with the Shoreline Fire Department or re-establishing the Edmonds Fire Department that dissolved in 2009 — would increase property taxes, annexation would cost households the least at an average of $77 per month.
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