Garden City Fire District

Randall Knight

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. April 4, 2018. The board members in attendance were Randall Knight, Laura Cluff, Jenny England, Howard Pope; Gary Points was absent.

Randall Knight, Board Member, sent a draft of the impact fee resolution for review and comment.  The water connections in the district were estimated to be 2,880 to estimate the number of structures in the district. The number of building permits issued by Garden City for the last 6 years and related square footage was also used to help calculate the impact fee.  The calculation from the data inputs resulted in a new fee of $0.11-0.12/sq ft.  This is only two cents higher than the existing impact fee that has been used for the last 12 years.  The board voted to have a public hearing to review the proposed increase on April 18 at 6PM at the Garden City Fire Station.

The Mayor of Garden City would like to have the fire district assist with a clean-up effort on May 5.  The plan is to burn the dead grass on the frontage road on the south side of hwy 89 from 100 W to 300 W.  This is approximately 30 ft wide.  The fire chief said the main concern is the fire index, wind speed and direction, and burn capability of the grass.  If everything aligns it would be easy to do, but if not, it could take a long time and use a lot of fuel.  If that is the case he recommends the city just mow it. 

The fire boat will be brought to the station for cleaning before being put back in the water.  Ladder truck 40 is still in need of hydraulic repair, but Mike Wahlberg, Fire Chief, is having a hard time finding someone to certify it. The last time it was done was about 4 years ago.  It should be done every 5 years.

There were 4 medical, 1 fire alarm, 1 propane report, 13 burn permits responses last month.