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Utah County Fire asks commissioners to fund chipper, staff to meet state wildfire mitigation match
Summary
Utah County Fire told commissioners the county must meet a $377,587 participation match and requested procurement and funding help for a $104,714 tracked 15-inch chipper and related equipment; commissioners discussed multiple funding options but made no binding appropriation in the work session.
Jamie Nelson and Nathan Trujillo of Utah County Fire presented a plan to meet the state ivision of Forestry, Fire and State Lands participation match and asked the commission for help securing funding for equipment and staffing.
Jamie Nelson, Utah County Fire, said the county's participation-match target for the year is $377,587 and reported the department has captured about $60,000 of fuels-reduction work so far. Nelson told commissioners a tracked 15-inch chipper with a trailer,…
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