Lucas Fire district board adopts fiscal 2024–25 budget

The Lucas Fire Control Prevention and EMS District Board on Aug. 26 unanimously approved a resolution adopting its fiscal year 2024–25 budget.

Council Member Johnson, presiding, read the agenda item and said the board would consider approving resolution FDR-2024-08-00559. Johnson noted the board complied with public-notice requirements and held a public hearing on Aug. 15, 2024, where interested taxpayers were given an opportunity to comment. "Staff recommends approval," Johnson said as the board opened for discussion.

A council member moved "I'll make a motion to approve f d r 2024Dash08Dash00559 for the Lucas Fire Control Prevention and EMS District adopting the budget for the fiscal year beginning 10/01/2024 and ending 09/30/2025." The motion was seconded. The presiding officer called the roll for a voice vote: "All in favor, say aye." Board members responded, and the presiding officer stated, "Having heard no opposition, that motion carries unanimously." The meeting then adjourned.

The meeting record includes explicit staff participants and city officials in the chamber: the city manager, Finance Director Exum, the fire chief, the city secretary and Deputy Gillespie. The transcript of the proceeding did not include an itemized budget line-by-line or a dollar total stated in the hearing; the resolution identifier in the record is FDR-2024-08-00559 and the fiscal-year dates are Oct. 1, 2024–Sept. 30, 2025. The board provided no further direction or tasks recorded in the transcript; no amendments or formal conditions were entered into the motion as read.