When is a Regional fire authority not regional?
When it leaves out the biggest fire agency in the region that serves the City of Lacey.
"...increased costs to our citizens without any clear statement regarding added value."
Lacey was included in the 2019 Regional Fire Study that is credited with validating the feasibility of an RFA. So why isn't Lacey included in the regional fire authority Prop 1?
The answer is Lacey's fire department (Fire District 3) looked at it and concluded it would cost more and yet deliver no more value.
"While we fully support efforts to more effectively collaborate with all our partner agencies, our careful review and deliberation of the findings in the ESCI Study do not offer any apparent enhancements to service delivery or positive impacts to associated costs for our citizens and taxpayers. To the contrary, the initially published fiscal analysis and subsequent more detailed review with the consultant outline anticipated increased costs to our citizens without any clear statement regarding added value."