Fire Services Review May Go Back to Fire Chief

The city's fire department may be back on the hook for conducting a review of their services and providing council with ways they can save money.Councilor Chris Titus originally brought forward a motion in May for the fire chief to conduct a study, and was the first to say he couldn't support the idea of having a third party consultant carry out the review.Titus says the review being complete by May 2010 is too late---there needs to be something on the table before the upcoming budget.
Titus says there needs to be a way to have this review done before the budget goes in to prevent an increase in taxes.He says there is going to have to be some hard decisions made, and the fire chief will need to make some recommendations.Acting city manager Pat Woods will report back to council at their next meeting if the consultants can have a review complete before budget time.