City, ESD offer views on benefits of each Editor's note: The debate in Hutto over establishing a cityowned Fire Department near the Hutto Megasite, spurred in part by area growth including new neighborhoods, is picking up speed.

City leaders argue that taxes supporting the county-based Emergency Services District 3 should be flowing into city coffers instead.

Proponents of the ESD, however, note the agency has provided reliable service to the area for a quarter of a century and question why the city should spend money, time and resources on a Fire Department when one already exists.