Fire Board Approves Raises and Budget

SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Board approved a 2.5 percent raise for District Administrator Lynn Richards and Maintenance staff Mark Kues at their Jan. 17 meeting. This was less than the three percent raise Seeley Lake Fire Chief Bob Vanden Heuvel recommended. The board also approved the budget, new carpet at Station 2 and the Walmart gift cards Vanden Heuvel gave to the volunteers as a Christmas gift.

Vanden Heuvel first asked the board to approve a three percent raise at their November meeting. The raise was accounted for in the proposed budget. The board tabled the decis...