Volunteers and trustees press task force on how fire and EMS funds would be routed
Volunteer firefighters and some trustees warned that routing fire and EMS distributions through trustees could change how departments access funds for gear, stations and apparatus; staff said allocation language can be written into the plan and that allocations will be broken out in further modeling.
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A volunteer firefighter (S2) told the task force, "I'm a volunteer firefighter," and raised concern that shifting distributions to township trustees could mean that funds previously available directly to departments would go to trustees instead, possibly limiting purchase decisions for turnout gear, trucks and station construction.
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