Northwestern Special Service District board takes up $1,500 fire chief stipends and 2027 budget
The Administrative Control Board of the Northwestern Special Service District met on October 20, 2026, with an agenda that included a proposed $1,500 one-time stipend for each Fire Chief and discussion of the district's 2027 provisional budget. No minutes or vote tallies from that meeting have been published, so the records available do not show what the board decided, if anything, on any item.
The meeting was moved from October 13 to October 20, 2026, to accommodate staff attendance, according to the district's posting. The district has also posted a notice for the audio recording of the October 20 regular meeting; that notice lists no agenda items or actions.
Fire chief stipends
The agenda listed a proposed $1,500 one-time stipend for each Fire Chief. The documents describe this as a proposal before the board, not an approved payment. No vote count, funding source, or number of recipients is stated in the material available.
2027 budget and a proposed November hearing
The board was scheduled to discuss the 2027 provisional budget and to plan a public hearing on its proposal. The agenda names November 10, 2026 as the proposed date for that hearing. Because the hearing date appears as a proposal, residents should confirm it against the district's official postings before planning to attend.
A provisional budget is a draft spending plan; the figures in it were not included in the documents provided, and no adoption vote is recorded.
Rebate funds and billing database
Two other items appeared on the agenda:
- A proposed use of Zions Visa rebate funds for December volunteer appreciation expenditures. The amount of the rebate balance and the specific expenditures were not stated in the material available.
- An update on the database for the 2027 annual billing period. This was listed as an update, not an action item.
Minutes and the 2027 meeting calendar
A separate board agenda listed review of the draft minutes from the October 20, 2026 regular board meeting and discussion of the calendar year 2027 schedule of regular board meetings. The documents do not include the draft minutes themselves or any approved 2027 meeting dates.
What the record does not show
All of the summaries reviewed for this report are marked as agenda-only, with minutes not yet published. That means the record establishes what was scheduled for discussion, not what was decided. No motions, vote tallies, contract awards, or final dollar commitments appear in the documents provided. This is a limit of the published record, not evidence that the board took no action.
Coming up
No meetings of the Northwestern Special Service District were listed in the records provided for the next 14 days. The only future date named in the material is the proposed November 10, 2026 public hearing on the 2027 provisional budget, which the board was scheduled to plan at its October 20 meeting. Residents who want to follow the budget or the stipend proposal should check the district's official meeting postings for confirmation of that date and for the October 20 minutes and audio recording once published.