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Flagstaff chiefs urge council to explore new revenue tools for police and fire staffing, technology and facilities
Summary
Fire and police chiefs told the council their departments face unmet staffing, equipment and facility needs that typical annual revenues cannot fully cover; councilors directed staff to study funding options and return with proposals.
Fire and police leaders told the Flagstaff City Council Friday that rising call volumes, aging facilities and new technology needs create gaps the city’s current ongoing revenues will not easily fill.
Mark Gaillard, Fire Chief, said the department is managing increased call volumes and requires more daily staffing, upgraded apparatus storage and modernized station alerting. “The traditional revenues that you all are wrestling with…are insufficient to address what these future needs are,” Gaillard said, urging council to let staff explore alternative funding tools.
Police Chief Sean Conley said his department already…
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