Major Cedar Area Fire & Rescue Amendment on the Table in Busy Week of Public Hearings
By Craig Manning | Nov. 9, 2026
A year after voters in Kasson Township rejected a $5.8 million bond proposal to build a new fire station, the township and the other members of the Cedar Area Fire & Rescue (CAFR) interlocal agreement are mulling an amendment that would change how the townships share the burden of future growth. All four participating townships will host public hearings this week to hear feedback on the new amendment, which is a direct response to last November’s failed bond proposal.
Four Leelanau County townships – Centerville, Cleveland, Kasson, and Solon – have an interlocal agreement under Michigan’s Urban Cooperation Act of 1967, where they jointly cooperate in funding and “furnishing fire …
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