Orting Valley Fire & Rescue
On April 22, 2025, Orting community members approved merging Orting Valley Fire & Rescue with Central Pierce Fire & Rescue. We will operate under a contract for services for the remainder of 2025 and then become one legal entity on January 1, 2026. We will maintain this Orting specific landing page through the end of the year. On this page you can find Board of Commissioners information, board packets, meeting minutes, resolutions, and fire benefit charge resources. For all other resources, please navigate to the Central Pierce Fire & Rescue website using the menu above.
Board of Commissioners
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Meet Your Commissioners
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Jason Bellerive
Board Chair
Joe PalombiÂ
Board Vice Chair
Arlene Dannat
Commissioner
Kevin Gorder
Commissioner
Margaret O’Harra Buttz
Commissioner
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2025 Board Packets
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2025-01-13 Board Packet2025-01-27 Board Packet REVISED2025-02-10 Board Packet2025-02-24 Board Packet2025-03-10 Board Packet2025-03-24 Board Packet - Redacted2025-04-14 Board Packet - Redacted2025-04-28 Board Packet2025-05-12 Board Packet - Redacted2025-05-27 Board Packet - Redacted2025-05-27 Board Packet REVISED2025-06-09 Board Packet - Redacted2025-06-09 Board Packet REVISED2025-06-23 Board Packet REVISED - Redacted2025-07-14 Board Packet - Redacted2025-07-28 Board Packet2025-08-11 Board Packet2025-08-25 Board Packet2025-09-08 Board Packet2025-09-22 Board Packet2025-10-13 Board Packet2025-10-27 Board Packet REVISED2025-11-03 Board Packet REVISED2025-11-10 Board Packet REVISED2025-11-17 Board Packet REVISED2025-11-24 Board Packet REVISED
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Board Meeting Minutes
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2025-01-13 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-01-27 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-02-10 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-02-24 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-03-10 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-03-24 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-04-14 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-04-28 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-05-12 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-05-27 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-06-09 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-06-23 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-07-14 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-07-28 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-08-11 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-08-25 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-09-08 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-09-22 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-10-13 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-10-27 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-11-03 Special Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-11-10 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-11-17 Special Joint Board Meeting Minutes
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Resolutions
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Resolution 2025-001 Amendment of 2024 BudgetResolution 2025-002 Calling for Special Election-merger with CPFRResolution 25-02 - Concurrent Resolution Declaring MergerResolution 25-03 - Concurrent Resolution Appointing Agent to Receive ClaimsResolution 2025-004 - 2026 Regular LevyResolution 2025-005 - 2026 EMS LevyResolution 2025-006 - 2026 FBC LevyJoint Resolution 25-11 - 2026 Budget Adoption CPFR Levy Certification
Funding
Orting Valley Fire & Rescue is primarily funded through three voter-approved funding mechanisms.
- Regular (Fire) Levy: $1.00 per thousand dollars of assessed value.
- EMS Levy: $0.50 per thousand dollars of assessed value.
- Fire Benefit Charge: A fee calculated based on required firefighting resources, the size of the building(s) on a property and the hazards associated with those building(s).
Learn more about the fire benefit charge by viewing the documents below.