Commissioners consider creating a county fire marshal office and related training costs
The emergency management coordinator proposed a new fire marshal office funded by reallocated preliminary budget dollars, including a stipend, training, outfitting and software; commissioners agreed to create lines for professional services and move software costs to IT.
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Dion Bumpus urged the court to consider using reallocated preliminary budget funds to stand up a county fire marshal office that would oversee fire codes and permitting. She outlined a staffing stipend proposal (a $750 pay‑period stipend with annualized load of about $19,500), $3,000 for training, $200 for uniforms and a capital/outfitting line for radios and equipment (initially $39,185 before internal transfers). "That would include the stipend, the loaded, any of the equipment that would be needed for this first year, the classes," Bumpus said.
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