Second District VFD and Rescue Squad withdraws tax hike request

Leonardtown, MD – St. Mary’s County Government has received a request from the Second District Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Inc. to retract its request to begin the public process of raising fire and rescue tax rates.

The proposed tax hikes would have affected properties within the second and ninth election districts.

The Board from the Second District Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad met Wednesday evening and voted to withdraw their request.

Due to the late vote to withdraw their request a notice of public hearing will appear in The Enterprise on Friday. However, the advertisement for the public hearing will no longer appear after that.  The Second District Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad will also alert the public via electronic message boards along local roadways within their service area.