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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
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Feasibility study to look at options for MLFD
Jun. 7—Key points: * Moses Lake officials say city has the option of keeping MLFD as it is, converting it to a municipal fire district or a regional fire authority. * Feasibility study will look at all three options. * Conversion to any fire district would require a public vote. MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake city officials will advertise for a consultant to conduct a feasibility study to determine what changes, if any, would be beneficial for the Moses Lake Fire Department. City officials have been looking at ways to reduce expenses, including a restructuring of the fire department, and Fire Administrator Mike Ganz told Moses Lake City Council members May 23 that his analysis determined the city had three options. "Those three options would be, maintain your current municipal fire department, or option B would be to convert it into a municipal fire district," Ganz said. "There are new laws, one in particular, that would allow the city to convert into a fire district within the city limits. The third option is a more traditional regional fire authority." Council members included $75,000 in the 2025 budget to pay for the feasibility study after the then-interim City Manager Mike Jackson suggested looking at a regional fire authority. "To make a significant impact on your budget, and something we've discussed, would be the formation of a regional fire authority," Jackson said in November 2024. "It is a way to free up millions of dollars to help support other city functions." Ganz said the rules for a regional fire authority would require, among other things, another agency as a partner. A regional fire authority also requires a planning committee. "If you're going to do a feasibility study, I feel like it's really valuable to do a planning committee of stakeholders and just follow that process, whether you're doing the RFA or the municipal district," he said. "I think the benefit and the transparency is going to be the right way to go." Either a regional fire authority or a municipal fire district would require a vote, Ganz said, and in either case, there would be some deadlines city officials would have to meet. City Manager Rob Karlinsey said the rules for a municipal fire district are a little unclear, especially concerning who the governing body actually is. That would have to be clarified, he said. A lot of decisions would be required if council members decided to convert to some kind of district, Ganz said, from transferring equipment to impacts on retirement. Mayor Dustin Swartz asked how many cities in the state have established a municipal fire district. "We'd be the first," Ganz said. In answer to a question from council member David Skaug, Ganz said the laws for a public vote would determine the deadlines for the council to make a decision. Karlinsey cited the example of converting to one kind of fire district or another in 2027. The best time for a vote would probably be the August 2026 election, which means the preliminary work would have to be finished by the first quarter of next year.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
HGTV 'Married to Real Estate' hosts name the 18 best things to do around Atlanta
Looking for things to do in Atlanta or its surrounding areas? Well HGTV has just released its 18 best things to do according to TV Hosts of "Married to Real Estate." "When they're not helping their clients find and renovate dream homes in Atlanta, Georgia," HGTV wrote about hosts Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson. "Egypt and Mike relish everything their city and its surrounding area have to offer." Here is more. This married couple, based in Atlanta, are television personalities, best known as the stars of HGTV's hit series Married to Real Estate, they captivate audiences by blending family life with real estate, renovation and design expertise. See what they think are the best things to do in Atlanta. According to HGTV, try out some of these things in the big city and surrounding areas: Stay overnight at Nobu Hotel Atlanta Grab brunch at Gocha's Breakfast Bar Relax at Callaway Resort & Gardens in Pine Mountain Discover the Georgia Aquarium Shop for your home at Westside Market Explore the High Museum of Art See a Broadway Show at the Fox Theatre Hike Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Scoop up some ice cream at Kilwins Experience lunch at Papi's, Highland Bakery & Kitchen or Henry's Louisiana Grill Sip a cocktail at The Interlock Drink some coffee at Café Intermezzo Find adventure at Historic Banning Mills Get dinner at Fish Thyme Restaurant & Bar Stock up at your Dekalb Farmers Market Swim at Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island Sample vegan food at Tassili's Raw Reality Café Catch a show at State Farm Arena Vanessa Countryman is the Trending Topics Reporter for the the Deep South Connect Team Georgia. Email her at Vcountryman@ This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: HGTV 'Married to Real Estate hosts give best things to do around Atlanta
BBC News
16-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Dog care training field must 'cease' after planning appeal loss
A dog day care business in Jersey has been given nine months to "cease the use of its field for a canine training facility" after losing an appeal for retrospective planning 2024 the Barkley Club submitted plans for a new building and car park, and for a dog care and training centre near La Rue des Buttes, St Martin, but permission was planning inspector identified the loss of high-quality agricultural land and the potential for noise generated by barking dogs as two principle public support and two appeals, Constable Mike Jackson upheld the refusals for both the construction and the change of use to the field to the south of St Martin's Village. 'Nine-month compliance' Planning authorities said: "While the inspector acknowledged that the facility is professionally managed and meets a demand for dog care services, he concluded that these benefits did not outweigh the clear policy conflicts. "The site is identified as good quality agricultural land the loss of which could only be justified in exceptional circumstances under the policies set out in the Island Plan."It added: "The appeal against the refusal of retrospective planning permission to change the use of the field for a dog care and training centre has also been dismissed, and the enforcement notice upheld but with a revised nine-month compliance period."
