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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