Amended $20.4 million budget OK’d for fire district in Apache Junction, Gold Canyon

A budget to be used for the next fiscal year and a rate sheet for services provided to a neighboring fire department were approved at the Sept. 27 meeting of the Superstition Fire and Medical District.

The SFMD Governing Board in separate votes approved an amended budget for 2017-18 for $20,457,675 and rates for the two to three times a year Rural/Metro Fire Department officials seek assistance. Voting yes were Chairman Jeff Cross, Board Clerk Gene Gehrt and board members Todd House, Larry Strand and Jason Moeller.

The SFMD Governing Board on July 19 approved a $20,705,226 revenue and expenditure budget that included an override approved by voters for 25 cents per $100 assessed value. The override funds can be used for anything capital-related, such as fire trucks, radios and the self-contained breathing apparatus air packs firefighters wear.

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