Arkansas City Suing County Over Fire Tax Revenue

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An Arkansas city is suing a county claiming the county wrongfully withheld tax revenue that should have been provided to its volunteer fire department.

The City of Beebe filed suit against 15 White County officials claiming they are responsible for wrongfully withholding revenue that should have allocated for the Beebe Fire Department. The funds in questions are collected by the county and given to volunteer fire departments. According to AP reports, the revenues are given to 27 other fire departments in White County.

County officials are claiming that the Beebe Fire Department has paid firefighters and therefore does not qualify as a volunteer fire department. Beebe officials claims they are owed over $44,000 in back payments, plus attorneys fees.

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