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Salisbury approves Fire Department budget actions, grant acceptance and code change on chief’s authority
Summary
Salisbury City Council approved budget and policy actions affecting the fire department, including restoring a $1,000 deductible, accepting a $29,625 cancer-screening grant from the Maryland Department of Health, authorizing $47,000 from surplus for Station 1 paving and codifying the fire chief’s authority to designate deputies.
The Salisbury City Council approved several items affecting the Salisbury Fire Department, including budget amendments, grant acceptance and a change to the city code clarifying who serves as second and third in command.
Deputy Chief Chris Obarski said a department vehicle was damaged in a crash not the employee’s fault and the employee paid a $1,000 deductible that the department now requests be returned to its vehicle account. “It took about a thousand dollars out of our own budget… [the employee] ended up paying the city back the thousand dollar deductible,” Obarski said. Council…
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