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Fire district lays out $22M budget priorities; council presses on new station timing, evacuation routes and early-warning pilots
Summary
The Los Altos Hills County Fire District presented its FY 2026–27 draft budget emphasizing life-and-property spending; the district confirmed $6M in county rollovers for I-280 mitigation and a placeholder $15M estimate for a potential new fire facility pending a feasibility study. Council and residents pressed for details on timing, evacuation-route maintenance and early-warning sensors.
Jay Logan, general manager of the Los Altos Hills County Fire District, and district finance staff presented a budget overview showing roughly $22 million in total expenditures, with about $17 million targeting direct community services such as evacuation routes, chipping, home ignition zone work and communications. Finance manager Russ Moriali said "75% of every dollar we put into the budget, we put into the community," and highlighted that the district has preserved $6 million in carryover funds with county approval to support the I-280 mitigation program and other projects.
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