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Residents press Germantown trustees on sirens, EMS regionalization and rising fees
Summary
Public commenters urged the village not to remove civil‑defense sirens, questioned proposed ambulance fee increases and asked the village to engage in countywide EMS planning rather than be sidelined in regional talks.
Several residents used the public‑comment period on July 7 to urge Germantown trustees to retain community sirens and to participate actively in county discussions about regional emergency medical services and billing changes.
Bob Finkstein, who lives near the sirens, said he is opposed to decommissioning them and told trustees many elderly residents do not rely on cell phones for alerts: “The fact that everybody has a cell phone is not a fact.” Finkstein said he had worked with the police lieutenant…
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