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Commission modernizes fire-service language; keeps board role in chief hiring
Summary
The commission updated charter language to designate the Lansing Fire Department as the city's primary emergency medical services provider and modernized ambulance/EMS language. Commissioners debated whether the mayor or the Board of Fire Commissioners should have hiring authority for the fire chief and kept the existing hybrid process.
The Lansing Charter Commission approved Feb. 4 updated charter language to modernize references to emergency medical services and to designate the Lansing Fire Department as the city’s primary EMS provider.
Brad Geray, president of Local 421 (Lansing firefighters), proposed revising charter wording that still mentioned “inhalators” and other outdated terms. He urged language that expressly states the department “shall…
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