Last year Tyrone collected

$100,000 in fire impact fees from builders but was told by the county

that they wouldn't see any improvements funded with the money raised for

over 10 years. Several weeks ago the Tyrone town council had town manager

Barry Amos draft a letter to the county requesting the county re-examine

the capital improvement projects that would be funded by the fire impact

fees. They have yet to receive a response from the county.

Councilman Raymond Bogenschutz

had hoped for a response to the letter. "We have generated a third

of the fees collected due to a lot of new developments in Tyrone and yet

we're at the very end of the schedule for improvements. It seems very

one sided," said Bogenschutz. Councilman Paul LeTourneau requested

that Chief Jack Krakeel be invited to the council's Oct. 17 meeting so

that the council could voice their concerns.

There are eight fire departments

in the county, only one of which is in Tyrone. The town is well protected

council are disappointed with the lack of a reponse from the county, as

well as generating a large portion of the fees and not seeing the benefits

of it for many years. The council would like to see improvements moved

up to somewhere between 2006 and 2007.