Mayor Rothman, who is also the fire district clerk, says there are no ballot questions this year.

• Public meeting visibility: Mayor Rothman says the website crashed, leaving meeting times seemingly unclear and minutes seemingly unposted since October 2024. Rothman did convey that meetings occur on the first Monday of the month at 6pm.

• Staffing: Most, if not all, districts need more firefighters and EMS personnel.
• Volunteer model vs affordability: The use of volunteers versus the cost of living and affordability situations should be discussed.
• Turnout: Low voter turnout should be re-discussed, as it calls into question the strength of election processes.
• Visibility gap: Lack of public attendance and press coverage of meetings leaves the public and voters in the dark regarding essential emergency services.
• Website/Social Media Maintenance: Online information not being updated or not even existing leads to lack of coordination for the public to know meeting days/times/locations, meeting minutes missing, underutilized social media marketing opportunities, etc.
• Legal Notice vs Meaningful Notice: Traditionally, public meetings across the county only needed to be advertised in one or two newspapers. As the digital age takes over, there is a push to publish on websites, but is that enough?
• EMS uncertainty: The ongoing Inspira contract discussions leaves districts in limbo about how to handle EMS coverage on a long term vision.
• Radio programming: The lack of a radio programmer hinders inter-county communication during mutual aid endeavors.