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Resident tells Montgomery County commission a lawsuit challenges Pike Road Volunteer Fire Department board membership and ambulance authority

5748688 · September 3, 2025
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At a public-comment period, a resident said a lawsuit alleges four of five members of the Pike Road Volunteer Fire Department board are not qualified to serve and that the fire authority lacks authority to operate an ambulance service; no formal action followed.

A resident identified in the meeting as Mr. Thompson told the Montgomery County Commission during public comment that a lawsuit has been filed challenging the membership of the Pike Road Volunteer Fire Department board and asserting limits on the fire authority’s power to run an ambulance service.

Thompson said the suit alleges four of the five board members “are not qualified” to serve, citing verification from tax records and newly released voting-roll information. He said the suit seeks, if successful, to remove those members from the board. He also said the…

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