COUNTY LEADERS ARE MOVING
FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL TO
INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE
BIRDSEYE
RURAL FIRE DISTRICT.COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS ARE CONSIDERING
WHETHER TO TRANSFER ABOUT 100
PROPERTIES IN THE SKELLY GULCH
AREA, FROM THE LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY FIRE SERVICE AREA TO
THE BIRDSEYE FIRE DISTRICT.BOTH
FIRE DEPARTMENTS SUPPORT THE
CHANGE.LEADERS SAY THE BIRDSEYE
FIRE STATION IS CLOSER TO SKELLY
GULCH.SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
RESPOND MUCH QUICKER.EARLIER
THIS YEAR, COMMISSIONERS ADDED
MORE LAND TO THE YORK FIRE
SERVICE AREA.THEY SAY FIRE
CHIEFS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AROUND
THE
COUNTY FOR PLACES THEY CAN
IMPROVE SERVICE BY ADJUSTING
DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES.###




{”THIS WASN'T JUST COOKED UP,
THIS WAS SOMETHING THESE GUYS
HAVE WORKED ON FOR A
LONG TIME.
THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS
RESPONSIBILITY, AND IT'S GOING
TO MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE FOR
TO THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE
PROTECTED.”}[(***MJENS
EN***)]THE COMMISSION SET A
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSAL
FO
EN***)]THE COMMISSION SET A
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSAL
FOR
JULY 9TH.MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF
THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE
AFFECTED
AREA HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY
SUPPORT THE CHANGE.###




[(***MJENSEN***)]IN RESPONSE TO
