ALPINE Shire ratepayers are set to fork out hundreds of thousands of dollars more each year under the Victorian government's proposed Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund (ESVF).
The government wants the ESVF to replace the existing Fire Services Property Levy (FSPL) from 1 July this year.
Since 2013 the FSPL has been an annual levy, collected by councils via rate notices, that Victorian property o...
