Audit: Henrietta Fire District overtaxed residents

An audit of the Henrietta Fire District found the agency set unrealistic budgets and overtaxed residents.The Henrietta Fire District’s board did not adopt realistic budgets from 2017 to 2021, which led the agency to over-tax town residents by over $2 million, according to an audit by the state Comptroller’s Office. The recently released report stated that from 2017 through 2020, the board appropriated $5.4 million from fund balances that were not needed to fund operations and overest