An aspect of this that is not being recognized or addressed is the chronic underfunding by the city of Olympia of the fire department in order to free up more money for pet projects, the biggest being the gobs of money thrown at "fixing" the transient problem. Not only has the fire department not grown in any meaningful way in 10 years, but the increase in services provided to the transients also has led to a massive increase in call volume for the fire department with no matching increase in service.
It would behoove the JOLT to research this aspect of the RFA as well. To start, compare Lacey Dist. 3 with OFD, and you will find a very similar size in call volume and demand for services, but Lacey has a budget nearly THREE times as large once you account for the revenue generated by OFD.
Olympia has certainly found creative ways to rob their taxpayers of money and services in order to spend it like drunken sailors on "mitigation sites" and "tiny villages".
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