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Show Area leader debate fire protection cot county's fire money comes from revenue sharing funds and not from the general fund collected from tax dollars. The possibility of proceeding with a fire station being build at the city's north interchange was also discussed. Enoch leaders said their residents would be willing to work as volunteers to help with fire protection. Cedar City Councilman Harold Hiskey commented that the idea of another fire station would be fine, but that the costs involved with construction, con-struction, providing full-time and volunteer help along with necessary equipment make the new fire station idea not so hopeful. Linford added that another solution would be to have Enoch pay for its fire protection as needed. However, Commissioner Knight was quick to point out the county's obligation to Enoch for the time being. Enoch Coucilman Dennis Ayers, Assistant Enoch City Manager Carl Herman, Enoch Councilman Roger Hillyard, (back row) Dee Cowan, Howard Knight and James L. Clark. Community leaders from Enoch and Cedar City met together with the Iron County Commissioners to discuss who is to pay the $20,000 fire bill protection. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Cedar City Manager Joe Melling, Mayor Robert Linford, Enoch Mayor Worth Grimshaw, By RANDY DANIELS Record Reporter PAROWAN The only two firm decisions which came out of meeting between the Iron County Commission and officials from Enoch and Cedar City here at commission meeting Monday, are that the county does have an obligation with Enoch and that another meeting is needed. A $20,000 fire bill sent to Enoch by Cedar City and forwarded to Iron County by Enoch for fire protection prompted the meeting of the two groups with the commission. At the first of the meeting, Commissioner Com-missioner Howard Knight said he didn't exactly know what role the commission had in the meeting other than to provide a forum to get Cedar City and Enoch together. He added if the county is involved, then that too is to be resolved, but said, "our county isn't big enough to be fractionalized." Enoch's assistant city manager Carl Herman pointed out that the county is involved because of an agreement it had with Enoch to provide road maintenance and fire protection for five years, and said that is why they sent the fire bill to the county. No signed copy of the agreement can be found, but approval of the agreement can be found documented in news clippings and in minutes of the meeting. However, the length of the agreement, whether three or five years, is yet to be determined. Commissioner James L. Clark noted the county had made an agreement with Enoch, but it was under the condition con-dition that Enoch start increasing its mill levy to raise enough money to pay for its fire protection. "This is really a burr under my saddle, blanket," commented Clark. "We agreed to it if Enoch would raise its mill levy to get money for its own fire protection, but that hasn't happened, hap-pened, and Enoch's mill levy is still the same." "I've said it before, but I think Enoch officials are derelict in their duties if you don't start getting money in. We need to resolve this problem that's going to continue to exist until Enoch raises its mill levy," Clark stated. Enoch Mayor Worth Grimshaw disagreed with Clark and said Enoch has done everything it agreed to do and added that Enoch might now have to make the decision whether to stay incorporated as a town or not. Commissioner Knight told Cedar City officials that the county will honor its obligation and will have to work out something with the city for fire protection. He also said the commission com-mission will find out the exact amount of time they are obligated to pay for Enoch's fire protection. Cedar City Mayor Rovert Linford pointed out that they accomplished one of the things they set out to do by billing Enoch and that is to get the problem out in the open and to work together as a county. The commission decided to set up additional meetings to have officials from the different cities meet together and work out problems. Linford said about 55 prcent spent by the city for fire protection is covering fires outside the city's limits, but that onlv 40 percent is coming into the dry to make up the difference. He pointed out that "Enoch is a third-class city just like we are, with the same responsibilities. respon-sibilities. We would have loved to drop a mill levy in Cedar City, but couldn't. Then you look at Enoch's mill levy, and it remains the same." Enoch officials indicated that they were willing to pay for fire protection and suggested that a county fire district be formed. Councilman Dennis Ayers said a fire district, "might be an equitable solution to the problem." Clark pointed out that the only way a fire district would be helpful is that if the county's mill levy increased enough so that Cedar City could decrease its, but he noted that it really wouldn't matter because the money would have to be collected dne way or the other. Clark also indicated that Enoch officials' of-ficials' suggestion that a fire district would eliminate a double tax on Cedar City residents is wrong. He said there is no double taxing now because the fc4&- imrmriniiiwrninaii m n |