November Fire Board Meeting

Chris S. Coray, reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  November 17, 2016.  The governing board of the Garden City Fire District held its regular monthly meeting.  All members were present except Jenny England.

The main work done during the meeting was to construct a draft budget for the district for 2017.  A public hearing on the draft budget will be held in December prior to final approval.

 

Main points in the new draft budget proposal are, that in raw dollars, it is not substantially different from the budget of 2016.  No new tax increases are proposed.  However, the board did approve the new expense of $1200 in 2017 to be used a payment for board members attendance at monthly meeting.  It is the first time that any fire board has proposed paying itself for services.

To date in 2016 there has been no grant income and none is anticipated for 2017.  In 2015 there was grant revenue in the amount of $13,173.

The Peterson Hollow Fire produced revenue of $24,467 for the department, which after paying the individual firefighters for their time, will produce a net $16,000-18,000 for the department, which will be used for wild land fire equipment in the capital improvement fund.

During the month the department put out a garage fire in Round Valley.  There was substantial damage to the structure and its contents.

The equipment for the department is in good shape.

The annual Christmas party was scheduled for December.

Tiffany Wahlberg told members that the fire board must be very careful to comply with the open meetings law as they meet with each other.  The law states that no more than two people can meet together about board business without being open to the press or citizens.