Council hears Fire Department budget request

CHENEY – Fire Chief Tom Jenkins discussed the 2022 budget proposal with the City Council during a Nov. 23 meeting.

The presentation was designed to recap the years emergency services while preparing the council’s vote to approve the new 2022 operating budget.

Jenkins presented a litany of data recapping fire and emergency services over the last year and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape.

Jenkins said this past year he’s seen things that he’s never seen before in his 28-year career and he surmised that many were related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emergency medical services are...