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Council weighs fire department funding request and options for a fire district
Summary
Staff discussed a possible additional $212,000 request for operations to support paid personnel, equipment needs including ambulances and sirens, and outlined the option of creating a fire district that would contract for services; staff said more data on call types and frequency will be gathered before decisions.
Councilmembers reviewed staff comments about potential increases to fire-department funding, including an operational request in the range of $202,112 (audio references varied) for additional operations and equipment and a separate equipment and operations increase cited in the budget discussion.
Staff said Jamie is tracking emergency-call data and will present call-type…
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