Regular Fire Board Meeting - September 25, 2019

10/23/2019

Ganado Fire District: Nation’s fire department not pulling its weight - Navajo Times

Its coverage area includes Klagetoh, Steamboat, Ganado, Corn elds and Kinlichee. Roanhorse said 80 percent of its nearly $750,000 annual budget comes from taxes from three di erent sources, including El Paso Natural Gas and Salt River Project. The other 20 percent comes from county re district taxes. “We aren’t here to ght with the Nation,” said Roanhorse. “We are trying to work with them as one Nation. I know there’s leaders at the Navajo Nation who sees us as a threat and don’t want to work with us.” In addition to community re departments like Ganado’s, there are seven re departments scattered throughout Navajo that are operated by the Nation, employing 18 full-time re ghters. When the previous Council approved the 17- percent set-aside, it stipulated that a fund management plan would have to be approved by the Budget and Finance Committee. LOC Chair Eugenia Charles-Newton wondered what had become of the $8 million allocated to re and rescue from the recent scal year. “Where is that money going?” asked Charles- Newton, adding that she was not aware Ganado’s re department was not part of the Navajo Nation network.

https://navajotimes.com/reznews/ganado-fire-district-nations-fire-department-not-pulling-its-weight/

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