The fire district's proposed 2027 budget totals $877,619, including $560,619 for its operational budget and $317,000 for reserves, according to a one-page proposal linked from the Town of Albion's official website. The table lists the 2026 amended total at $860,453, with $560,453 in the operational budget and $300,000 in reserves. The reserve allocation therefore accounts for most of the difference between the two totals. These are proposed budget allocations, not a statement of the amount to be raised in property taxes. The reserve section would allocate $267,000 to apparatus repair and replacement, compared with $250,000 in the 2026 amended column. Building repair and replacement reserves would be $45,000, compared with $50,000. Equipment repair and replacement reserves would receive $5,000; the amended column lists $0. The emergency repair reserve remains at $0. Within the operational budget, proposed equipment expenses are $150,900, compared with $127,000 in the amended 2026 column. Building and grounds maintenance would be $92,000, compared with $40,000. Apparatus maintenance goes the other direction: the proposal lists $55,250, compared with the amended $134,500. Insurance would be $49,752, compared with $44,136. Utilities would be $23,750, compared with $25,750. Administrative expenses would be $113,750, compared with $110,350. Personnel services total $45,217 in both the 2027 proposal and 2026 amended columns. The table assigns $11,622 to an administrator in the proposed column and shows a dash for janitor costs; the amended column assigns $11,622 to the janitor and shows no administrator amount. The sheet does not explain the staffing arrangement behind that change. The comparison here uses the amended 2026 budget, rather than the separate original 2026 proposed column. Those are different benchmarks in the document. The sheet is headed AJFD 2027 Proposed Budget. It does not establish final adoption, include a revenue schedule or identify a proposed tax levy, tax rate or effect on an individual property's bill. The reserve amounts are shown separately from the operational budget; they should not be described as additional operating costs. Source: the complete one-page proposed budget linked by the Town of Albion. The document does not print a publication date.