County fire companies can bill for service

by Kate Shunney

After months of discussion, negotiations with county fire companies and a public hearing, the Morgan County Commission voted last Wednesday, August 17 to give fire companies the option to bill property owners for their services.

First proposed in December 2021, the ordinance would allow any of the county’s four volunteer fire companies, or any neighboring fire company who is first on the scene of an emergency incident in Morgan County, to send…