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Thursday, December 5, 2013

No applicants for Fire Board and New Fire Chief


Chris Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  December 4, 2013.  With all members present, the board of the Garden City Fire District named Mike Wahlberg as the new fire chief.  There were 19 applicants who were narrowed to 5 and interviews then conducted in the process.  The appointment is effective immediately.  When asked, Chief Wahlberg indicated that as of Dec. 4, 2013, there were 17 firefighters, soon to be 19.

In other business the board held the annual public budget hearing for the 2014 budget required by law.  Other than the reporter no person attended the meeting or the hearing.  After the hearing, the 2014 budget was approved unanimously.  There was no tax increase for 2014.  Randall Knight was reappointed by the county commissioners to the board for a 4 year term.  However, Terry Allen and Travis Hobbs are leaving the board at the end of this month. 

No other persons in November submitted a letter of interest in serving on the board.  According to the county commissioners, who held a regular monthly meeting in Randolph earlier the same day, all boards with taxing authority must now have an elected official as a board member, hence the county commissioners voted at their meeting to have Tom Weston, county commissioner, appointed to the Garden City Fire District board.  At the evening meeting the current fire board members discussed whether the elected official would end up being from the county or from Garden City proper.  In any event, there will still be a vacancy on the governing board beginning in January and interested persons are invited to apply.

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