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Committee asks town to secure regular fire-department representation at meetings
Summary
Committee members asked town management to request that a district chief or consistent fire‑department representative attend future Public Safety Committee meetings to answer operational questions and avoid putting the liaison in a conflicted position.
Several members of the Public Safety Committee said at the July 23 meeting that recurring absence of an authorized fire‑department representative leaves the committee without necessary operational information and sometimes forces a voting committee member serving as a liaison to answer operational questions.
Committee members asked town management to request a regular representative — preferably the district chief or a consistent district chief assistant — attend future meetings so staff and committee members can ask technical and policy questions directly. The committee agreed the district chief would be the most consistent point of contact rather than rotating personnel, and staff said they would submit that request to the fire division for the next meeting.
Committee members noted the issue affected the committee’s ability to ask about fire prevention and staffing for upcoming events such as the car show and National Night Out. The committee did not take formal legislative action; it directed staff to request the district chief or an appropriate division representative attend the next committee meeting.
