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Natrona County Fire District seeks short-term cash after equipment deliveries deplete savings
Summary
Natrona County Fire District officials told commissioners they have spent about $1.1 million of savings to pay for fire apparatus that arrived earlier than expected and asked the county treasurer to advance $200,000 immediately while staff and commissioners develop a longer plan.
Natrona County Fire District officials told the Natrona County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday that a cluster of early fire-truck deliveries, a busy wildland season and two retirements left the district drawing more than $1.1 million from its savings and facing a near-term cash shortfall.
The district’s chief, Brian Oliver, said the timing of ad valorem tax distributions changed this year and, together with a heavier-than-expected overtime burden and several apparatus payments coming due at once, forced the district to use savings to cover payroll and other monthly costs. "We spent just over $1,100,000 out of our saving," Oliver said during his presentation.
The district’s board members and officers — including Chris Cody, the district’s fire marshal, Jerry Wyatt, vice chairman of the district board, Dean Jackets, board chairman, and George Tillman, secretary-treasurer — described a “perfect storm”: trucks and brush apparatus ordered years earlier…
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