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Show Fire District approves 'optimistic' budget Two DUI arrests were made on June 25. The suspects are: Gary A. Yike, Flower Mound, Texas; and Jerry B. Johnson, Park City. On June 22 Thomas D. Wallase, Wolcott, Wyoming was arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest. On June 23 Robert Ray Bryant, Midway was arrested for public intoxication. intoxica-tion. A hit and run at 1450 Park Ave. was reported by Jean-nie Jean-nie Nuneviller. The police have a suspect in the incident. The victim was a bush or shrub. The embattled Park City Fire District presented an "optimistic" 1984 budget June 22 at the district's public budget hearing. Although the district won't know its actual income until the Summit County Treasurer's Treasur-er's office computes it, the Fire District Commission has set down plans to spend $576,800. Commissioner Jim White said he believes the The seven-year-old district was formed in January 1976 and operated that year on a budget of $35,000. The 96.3 square mile district has been growing steadily in resources resourc-es but always with its share of problems. In February of 1982 the city questioned the legality of the Fire District as an entity on a "procedural error" during the district's formation. That litigation than a separate Park City department. Although the "optimistic" budget is set some $100,000 higher than the revenue expected, there is some room for cuts, White said. In an effort to upgrade and expand though, the district tries to budget towards the future, he said. actual figure, which becomes be-comes available Aug. 15 will be closer to $475,000, a substantial increase from the 1983 budget of $300,000. The Park City Fire District Dis-trict operates on a four-mill levy property tax. Central to the budget are funds for a new fire station in Highland Estates and a new "fast-attack" fire truck with off-road capability. The building build-ing and vehicle will be obtained by "lease-purchase" plans, according to White. The budget allocates $80,000 for vehicles and $50,000 for buildings. The three-member full-time full-time fire district staff will be joined by a,Vfire consultant''; who will manage the district at $24,000 a year. In addition, the district makes use of approximately 40 "volunteers" "volun-teers" who receive $10 an hour for the first two hours of a fire call and $5 an hour after that. Salaries and wages are budgeted for $125,000 for 1984, up from this year's $90,000. continues although White maintains that the city and the fire district are close to reaching an understanding. That continuing dispute keeps the fire district from bonding, according to White. Without the ability to bond, plans for a new Summit Park fire station and an addition to the Park Avenue station will be put off, he said. There is no likelihood of a 24-hour fire staff until the Park Avenue station is enlarged. "I would sleep a lot better with a 24-hour staff," White said. He maintains that fire insurance would go down in that situation. "We'll have to provide the best service we can if the , city won't let us bond,", fie;, said. The fire district has stations sta-tions in Summit Park, Park-West, Park-West, Park City, Deer Valley and Kimball Junction. Although Al-though the district encompasses encom-passes areas outside Park City itself, White maintains that it is cheaper for Park City to be under the protection protec-tion of the fire district rather |