Right now DNR’s Capital Budget proposal is with the Office of Financial Management, which will review requests from departments around the state before Governor Jay Inslee finalizes his budget proposal in December. The Washington State Legislature could finalize their biennial budget in the first few months of 2017.

They formed a procession that traveled along I-85 North, through the city and up Georgia 400 North to his home. "Atlanta Fire will also have apparatuses along the route on bridges as they pass through downtown," Stafford said.

The incident happened just before 10 p.m. at the Central Fire Station on the 500 block of Innes Street in Salisbury. Officials said a passing motorist drove through the bay door.

The driver, whose name has not been released, was taken to an area possible with minor injuries, according to Medic.

Officials said no firefighters were injured, and no damage was done to any firefighting equipment.

Investigators have not said how the crash may have happened or if any charges are being filed.

Officials with the newly created Emergency Services District (ESD) No. 9 have proposed a 3,500-square-foot building, which could cost from $250,000 to $300,000, that would offer 24-hour service with vehicles and equipment and cost about $500,000 annually to operate.

Since voters approved a 2-percent sales tax through ESD No. 9, the entity has shouldered broader funding responsibilities for EMS services and would provide the seed money for the project.

Marble Falls Independent School District trustees have proposed offering land for the facility north of the Spicewood Elementary School, 1005 Spur 191.

“We were able to locate this portion of the Spicewood Elementary site that has the ability to get us out to a good public highway there on Spur 191, has public water available through the Corix system, and, through this partnership with the school district, will come at no cost to the ESD,” Burnet County Precint 4 Commissioner Joe Don Dockery said.

“We’re trying to move this forward as quickly as we possibly can,” he said.

On Nov. 14, MFISD passed a resolution of support for the project, which entailed donating the land for the facility.

Burnet County commissioners have resolved to support an amended contract with Marble Falls Area EMS to operate out of the facility when it becomes operational.

“If we don’t build these collaborations and cooperation between these entities, we don’t get these kinds of projects done,” Dockery said. “It’s very financially challenging.”

The unincorporated Spicewood Community currently receives emergency medical care through volunteer EMS first responders who are stationed at the Spicewood Volunteer Fire Department, 9805 Texas 71.

Burnet County contracts with Marble Falls Area EMS, headquartered 15 miles away at 609 Industrial Blvd. in Marble Falls, to provide additional EMS coverage of the area.

Officials predict enhanced services once the project is complete.

“The real difference is the decrease in response time,” said Byron Zinn, president and a commissioner for ESD No. 9. “What it means for the Spicewood area with the growth coming along the (Texas) 71 corrido