Leonard O’Reilly, Reporter, Rich CivicTimes - Your reporter missed the meeting set forward one day. Randall Knight graciously submitted the report.
GARDEN CITY, Utah. June 1 2021. GCFD June 1 Meeting was conducted by Randall Knight with 4 board members present. Chief Wahlberg was absent for a personal conflict. Commissioner Lee and Tiffany Wahlberg were also present.
The main topic for discussion was possible funding options for the fire district to meet the potential increase in call outs. Chairman Randall Knight feels the tourists should help pay for the additional services that will be required. He thinks a satellite station will need to be built on the south end of the district in the near future and plans need to be made now to purchase the land. The board agreed to review the current Impact Fee plan and adjust it as required to include trailer park developments and improvements to existing ones.
Knight called several small communities in Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah to see how they are dealing with their growth. Escalante has the best plan he thought by setting a maximum limit of vacation property to 7%, Pinedale requires owners of Air BNBs to live in rental or on the same lot, Island Park charges a sewer fee for each site. None of the communities have impact fees now but are thinking about adding them. They do have normal connection fees that vary a lot in cost. Randall asked Commissioner Lee if the county had been talking about limiting the percentage of rental units. He said no. He thinks changing or adding ordinances would be an option.
The number of call outs were:
9 medicals, 1 propane leak, 2 agency assists, 3 fire alarms, 1 CO alarm, 15 STR inspections, 4 business inspections and 8 fire pit inspections
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