See page 16 of the Report of the Citizen Advisory Committee on Village Finances for context.

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To make sure the comparison is apples to apples, fire departments are not included because some of these villages do not have a fire department.

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Some belong to Fire Protection Districts, an option River Forest is exploring. It takes years to establish a Fire Protection District because you have to find other nearby villages willing to join, not to mention all the complexities of actually setting up the district. River Forest has launched efforts to determine the feasibility of establishing a Fire Protection District and identify nearby suburbs that would like to join one.

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 See page 11 of the Report of the Citizen Advisory Committee on Village Finances for context.

 See pages 7 and 8 of the Report of the Citizen Advisory Committee on Village Finances for context.

 See page 7 of the Report of the Citizen Advisory Committee on Village Finances for context.