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Lehi fire commission re-elects officers; chief reports 20-person recruit class, Greenwood graduation
Summary
The Lehi Fire Department Merit Commission on Jan. 15 approved minutes, re-elected its officers for 2025 and heard from the fire chief about what he called the department’s largest recent recruit class and a graduation at Greenwood High School. Members also discussed plans to add six more hires later in the year.
Members of the Lehi Fire Department Merit Commission on Jan. 15 approved minutes from June 27, 2024, re-elected the commission’s officers for 2025 and heard a staffing update from the fire chief about a recruit class and an upcoming graduation at Greenwood High School.
The commission voted, by voice, to approve the June 27, 2024 minutes. Don Fouts moved to approve and Mike Tapp seconded; the motion carried on a unanimous voice vote with no opposition recorded.
The commission then held its annual election of officers. The slate approved by voice vote kept the same officers as the prior year: Steve Nott as president, Don Fouts as vice president and Mike Tapp as secretary. Nominations were moved and seconded during the meeting and each election carried on a unanimous voice vote with no opposing votes recorded.
Chief Harold briefed the commission about recruit training and staffing. “We have the largest recruit class we’ve had for the fire department—history of 20 candidates,” Chief Harold said, praising the quality of the trainees and the department’s training effort. He said the department originally had 21 recruits; one recruit left after two weeks, leaving 20 scheduled for graduation.
Chief Harold said a graduation ceremony will be held at Greenwood High School but the transcript records inconsistent dates: the chief first referenced March 29, then March 28, and later the calendar day was described as “Saturday 29th.” The commission did not record an exact ceremony time. The chief also said the department plans to hire an additional six personnel; he said a request with “DGLF” was approved and that the new class would likely begin in the fall, though exact timing was described as tentative.
Commission members praised the training effort during the discussion. Matt Holmes called the recruits “an impressive group” and commended Chief Harold’s management of the academy.
The commission had no further scheduled business and agreed to set future meetings as needed. The meeting was adjourned.
