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Show ? MORE MONEY NEKDE1 ; F0i: COUNTY KIKES ' and fir0 'bior!, oT tUo Ins citlo I" "h wn',,t to" : vnowod tholr roquet for a : ll;tv nppivpHiUion of $35,000 , v tor county fire call ans-. ans-. Jv0t,rod by fire doitments of the x cSr'tht the 'present , tv appropriation of $12,000 is ommU to cover actual ex- involved in answering fire ' Ir" s outside the incorporated v -.iU'and town, the committee V iWd for an immediate appropri- "'imf' indicated the city fire v nirtments answered 135 county lls last year at an average cost 'f 13 Per call- 0 Yvk per call listed by the vari-l' vari-l' cities included: Provo, $318; twish Fork, 5218; Springville. ; Jcto- Pleasant Grove, $208.80; ; American Fork, $163; and Lehi, (Citv representatives said that generally it costs the fire department depart-ment considerably more to an-" an-" a call in the unincorporated jreas than in the cities, because of the longer run Commission chairman George dieever said the county is not attempting to sidestep legitimate expense. "All we'd like- to do is I o-et off on a reasonable cost basis," declared. |