Boundary Dispute Prompts Suit Against Kentucky Fire District

Posted by: Curt Varone December 16, 2014 2 Comments

Property owners in Shepherdsville, Kentucky have filed suit against the Southeast Bullitt Fire Protection District and Department claiming they have wrongfully been taxed on property for which they have been paying taxes to the city of Shepherdsville.

Jamie Weck claims that he and his wife have improperly been taxed by both jurisdictions for the same parcel. Approximately 15 other property owners have filed similar suits for double taxation stemming from a boundary dispute between Southeast Bullitt Fire Protection District and the city of Shepherdsville.

The dispute goes back over 10 years and was supposedly resolved in 2011 by a settlement agreement. However, the fire protection district filed suit in 2013 seeking to challenge the agreement. An appeal in that case is pending before the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

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 WDRB 41 Louisville News

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Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.
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