Budget Committee Meeting and Annual Budget Hearing
The Budget Committee is made up of 5 members of the community appointed by the Board of directors. These committee members meet with the 5 board members to make up the Budget Committee. Their resoponsibility is to review the proposed budget from the Budget Officer and set the tax rate. After they approve the budget, the Budget Officer then presents it to the Board of Directors of adoption . In the June at the Regular Board Meeting the Board opens the annual Budget Hearing to collect input from the community on the approved Budget. Aftyer closing the hearing, the Board then through Resolution, adopts the budget. After this meeting the budget is submited to the county where they collect the taxes and distribute them to the Fire District trhroughout the year.
Charleston Fire District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Charleston Fire District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Charleston Fire District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Charleston Fire District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
