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Residents call for new EMS board representative, ask for separate EMS Q&A after public safety presentation
Summary
Multiple residents addressed the Village Board during public comment urging changes to how the EMS district is governed and asking for more public outreach and a dedicated EMS meeting; one speaker urged replacing the village’s EMS board representative and alleged unilateral actions and brinksmanship by that representative.
Three residents used the meeting’s public-comment period to press the Village Board for more transparency and a different approach to the EMS district’s governance after a recent public safety presentation.
CJ Robinson told the board that at a prior public safety meeting the village’s EMS arrangements were characterized by one board member’s repeated proposals and what Robinson called “brinksmanship” — including references to a conceptual April 2024 proposal to shift back-office HR and finance duties to the village and to change how member…
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