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Government Type

Special Service District

Entity

Mountain Green Fire Protection District

Public Body

Mountain Green Fire Protection District Board

Notice Information

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Notice Title

2025 Final Budget Hearing / December Trustee Meeting

Notice Tags

Fire Protection, Fire Fighters

Notice Type(s)

Meeting, Hearing

Event Start Date & Time

December 2, 2024 06:30 PM

Event End Date & Time

December 2, 2024 08:30 PM

Event Deadline Date & Time

12/02/24 06:00 PM

Description/Agenda

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MOUNTAIN GREEN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT December2, 2024 2025 Budget Public Hearing and Approval 6:30 P.M. 4565 WEST OLD HIGHWAY ROAD MOUNTAIN GREEN, UTAH 84050 NOTE: these Minutes are not intended as a verbatim transcript of the issues discussed at the meeting of the Board of Trustees. Rather, they are intended to reasonably summarize and highlight the substantive discussions of the issues set forth in the Agenda. The Board of Trustee meeting were recorded. Should you wish to listen to the recording of these events, please contact Tim Barnes, Chairman at MGFD.tbarnes@gmail.com and/or 502-310-9943 and a mutually convenient time and place will be arranged to listen to the recording. Prior to the trustee meeting, the meeting participants were given a tour of the new Squad 132 vehicle. Trustee Barnes called the meeting of the Board of Trustees to order. Members of the Board of Trustees of the Mountain Green Fire Protection District in attendance: Tim Barnes Rici Johnson Saul Grasteit In attendance from Operations were: Chief Brian Brendel and Golden Barrett No members of the public were in attendance. Trustee Barnes asked if any in attendance had a conflict of interest in the matters being discussed at the meeting or otherwise. All present indicated they had no conflict of interest. 2025 Budget Hearing was called to order by Trustee Barnes. Agenda Item No. 1: 2025 Budget Hearing and Approval Trustee Barnes reviewed the YTD expense reports produced by Ulrich Accounting. Ulrich accounting was hired to provide 2024 operational expenses, clear any outstanding expense items, and provide monthly expense reports by budget category. Trustee Barnes reviewed changed to the preliminary budget based on the YTD spreadsheet to more accurately budget 2025 expenses. Trustee Barnes reviewed the current PTIF account balances. Transfers were needed in November from the reserve account to cover payroll and operational expenses. This is the first year that the reserve account was needed due to the increase costs of labor, supplies and operations. Increased funds will be needed in the future to meet increased costs of operations and ensure safety of increased population and businesses in Mountain Green. Each line items of change were reviewed. The budget income is equal to the expenses budgeted for 2025. Trustee Johnson made a motion to approve the 2025 budget and Trustee Grasteit seconded the motion. Budget approved for 2025 and will be posted on the State of Utah Public Notice Website for review. Trustee Johnson made a motion to close the 2025 budget meeting. Trustee Grasteit seconded the motion and the Public Hearing and Budget approval meet was closed. December Board of Trustee Meeting followed the 2025 Budget Hearing: The next matter concerned approving the Minutes for the November 13, 2024 meeting of the Board of Trustees. Trustee Barnes confirmed that the preliminary Minutes had been distributed to all the Trustees and Chief Brendel. Trustee Barnes asked if anyone had any comments or questions about the Minutes. No one had any comments or questions about the minutes. Trustee Johnson then made a motion to approve the Minutes; Trustee Grasteit seconded the Motion. The motion was approved. Trustee Barnes set the next date for the Trustee meeting for January 6, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. All present indicated they planned on attending the January 6, 2025, meeting. Agenda Item No. 2: Ulrich accounting operational expenses spreadsheet update. Trustees and Chief Brendel received a copy of the updated spreadsheet and operational expense plans were discussed for 2025. We will meet all budgeted items, but additional funds will be needed to meet costs in 2026. In addition, the new fire truck will be delivered in May or June of 2025 and funding will need to be acquired to fund purchase. Agenda Item No. 3: Attendees discussed tax rate increase proposal to increase taxes in 2025 to meet the operational needs and requirements of homeowners insurance providers. Trustee Barnes has asked that the trustees review the tax increase deadlines so that all key date requirements are met in 2025 for a tax increase in 2026. Attendees discussed the large amount of growth in our community and need to increase budget to meet demand and cost increases. Trustee Barnes handed out the tax rate and budget from the state website. The tax rate has lowered to about half of the standard rate due to population growth in Mountain Green. A budget/tax increase has not been implemented since 2019. Agenda Item No. 4: 2025 Trustee Meeting Schedule Trustee Barnes handed out the 2025 Trustee Meeting schedule. Trustee Johnson made a motion to accept the 2025 meeting schedule and trustee Grasteit seconded the motion. All trustees signed the meeting schedule and form will be retained by Trustee Barnes for audit purposes. 2025 Trustee Meeting schedule will be posted on the MGFPD.org website and public notifications will be made on the Utah Public Notice website prior to each meeting. Agenda Item No. 5: New Business - Chief Brendel reviewed the chiefs report for the past month. Chiefs' reports are retained by Trustee Barnes for public review if needed. Chief presented a detailed report of fire fighter calls, fire fighter training and community outreach. Excellent report. Chief discussed need for fire house future expansion, moving to 12 hour shifts and pay needed to recruit and retain fire fighter. - Chief also discussed EAP state requirements and cost for the service in the future. Estimated to be about $5,000/YR. - Golden Barrett proposed a review of adopting a fee schedule for services performed by our fire department. Currently, some of these fees are collected by the county or are not collected at ll. The proposed fee schedule would be based on the Morgan Fire fee schedule for consistency. Agenda Item No. 6: Adjournment Trustee Johnson made a motion to adjourn the meeting at approximately 8:35 PM. Trustee Gratseit seconded the motion - the motion passed. TO OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT TIM BARNES, TRUSTEE at BARNES.T1@COMCAST.NET OR 801-695-0724. APPROVED THIS ____ DAY OF January __, 2024. _________________________ ________________________ ______________________ Saul Graseit, Trustee Tim Barnes, Trustee Rici Johnson

Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify Robert Woodcock - 502-310-9943.

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Meeting Information

Meeting Location

4565 W Old HWY RD
Mountain Green, UT 84050
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Notice Posting Details

Notice Posted On

December 17, 2024 01:18 PM

Notice Last Edited On

December 17, 2024 01:18 PM

Deadline Date

December 2, 2024 06:00 PM

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