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Show $9 15,000 request appalls fire board the proposed budget is the purchase of equipment for the new fire engine. "We need new equipment for the new truck so we don't have to completely com-pletely strip the only spare engine we have. Currently we don't have a reserve apparatus. In the case of a breakdown, having just one ap paratus could put us in a bad situation," situa-tion," Speed explained to the board. Other changes to the proposed budget include upgrading the part-time part-time administrative secretarial position posi-tion to a full-time position, the reassignment of Brent Argyle to the position of division chief and a 4.5 percent salary increase for full-time employeesSpeed, Assistant Chief Terry Graham, Fire Marshall George Mason, Argyle and the administrative ad-ministrative secretary. r The proposed budget will be discussed and amended at board work sessions. By JENNIFER PETERSON Staff Writer South Davis Fire District Chief John Speed was hardly commended for his efforts as he presented his preliminary budget request to the board of directors on Monday. The proposed budget would increase more than 28 percent over the 1992 fiscal budget. "I could see an eight or 12 percent per-cent increase, but 28 percent...," Mayor Carl Johnson stated, shaking his head in apparent disbelief. Although Speed only recently joined the district, he said he was able to establish committees to help him research the needs within each district department. However, even following a cut of $200,000 in requests from those committees, many of the district's board members seemed appalled by the $915,000 net expenditure request. re-quest. Speed did, however, suggest that the district implement revenue-generating revenue-generating programs such as the issuance is-suance of permits and the use of federal, state and forest service grants. Such revenues, Speed explained, ex-plained, are often used within other departments to offset costs. North Salt Lake Mayor Jake Simmons noted that the district's budget ignored the changes in revenues the county could incur should annexations take place. According to Simmons, the county coun-ty could lose $60,000 to $70,000 if the 1,100 residences in the proposed annexation areas of unincorporated Davis County switch to Bountiful. If the board accepts the 28 percent increase the budget proposes, the $115,000 assessed to the county would be increased by another $32,000 despite the possible los,s of more than twice that if those areas are annexed out of the county. Among many of the changes in |