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Council declines to restore cut to Unified Fire Authority funding; facilitation process to proceed
Summary
After hours of debate about Special Service District carve-outs and canyon costs, Salt Lake County Council voted 5-3 (roll call: 3 yes, 5 no) against a motion to restore previously reduced funding for the Unified Fire Authority; the council and mayor’s office say a facilitator has been procured and a phased mediation process is scheduled.
Salt Lake County Council members voted against restoring a budget cut to the Unified Fire Authority (UFA) on Tuesday, leaving an earlier reduction intact while a facilitator-led dispute-resolution process moves forward.
Council debate centered on whether the county should reverse a reduction approved during fall budget deliberations before a promised facilitated discussion between UFA, county leaders and other stakeholders. Supporters of restoring the funding said public safety and ambulance capacity could be affected; opponents said the county must preserve leverage to bring UFA and partner municipalities to the negotiating table over long-running funding and rec-area carve-out issues.
Tony Hill, chief financial officer for UFA and the Unified Fire Service Area (UFSA), told the council the agency presented a budget that assumed the county’s prior…
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