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Board reviews $3.9 million county fire budget and proposed 95%/5% distribution model
Summary
Officials reviewed a spreadsheet showing a county fire budget of about $3.9 million and discussed a working model that would return most funds to municipal providers (95%) while reserving a small share (5%) for district-level administration and shared needs.
Board members examined a spreadsheet that breaks down taxable values and how much each city and unincorporated area contributes to the county fire budget. The presenter stated the county fire budget total as $3,900,000.
"So this is our county fire budget is 3,900,000," the presenter said while walking trustees through city-by-city allocations. The presentation showed, for example, Smithfield contributing $525,000 and North Logan contributing $611,000 to current county fire funding, and illustrated how unincorporated areas factor into the totals.
The board discussed a working proposal to return 95% of collected funds to municipalities that continue to provide local service under interlocal agreements and to hold back 5% for district overhead — covering items such as wildlands response, centralized administration, and initial freight costs. The presenter said that, depending on decisions about which services the district will provide, municipalities would either contract with the district or receive interlocal payments. The presenter noted the county may also use an existing municipal services levy to equalize contributions from unincorporated areas.
Why it matters: How funds are allocated will determine municipal budgets, interlocal payments and what centralized services the district can offer, including training and wildland response. Trustees said decisions on the percentage retained for district administration would be made by the newly constituted fire board.
Next steps: Trustees will continue refining the spreadsheet and discuss interlocal agreements and training/operational needs with the North and South advisory committees.
