Part of Tiber Bay May Be added to Cortes Fire Service Protection Area

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - Part of Tiber Bay may soon be included in the Southern Cortes Protection Area. This matter was brought up at the Wednesday, November 6, Electoral Areas Services Committee (EASC) meeting, where a motion to recommend it with no dissenting votes. Regional Director Mark Vonesch remarked, “This is great to see happening. I know it's been a lot of years in the works and certainly before my time. An increase in 32 properties to the fire service, is that going to have an impact on the budget, as the cost of the fire protection is distributed amongst more properties?” Thomas Yates, Senior Manager at the SRD responded, “My understanding from talking to Shaun Koopman is that there might be some slight increases in certain operational costs. Obviously, the gas for the trucks to get into that area, that kind of thing. But in terms of capital or a significant operating cost, I'm not aware of any.” Easc’s recommendation will be passed on to the SRD Board meeting of Wednesday November 20. If the motion carries there, approval of the protection extension will be sought through a petition process. More details will follow at that time.