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Aldermen decline three public-safety funding amendments; dispatch, fire hiring and police feasibility study not added to FY26
Summary
Amendments proposing funds to hire three police dispatchers ($300,000), to commission a $225,000 Germantown Police Department building feasibility study, and to hire three firefighters ($450,000) all failed on roll calls. Board members said departments are addressing needs and staff will continue planning work.
The Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted down three separate amendments seeking to add personnel and feasibility-study funding for public-safety functions as part of the FY26 budget.
Alderman Salvaggio proposed all three amendments: $300,000 to hire three police dispatchers; $225,000 for a Germantown Police Department (GPD) building expansion feasibility study; and $450,000 to hire three additional firefighters. Each measure was debated in turn and then lost on a roll call.
On the dispatch amendment, proponents stressed the 911 dispatch role is high stress and that dispatchers currently perform multiple duties including jail operations. "The dispatchers will move over there [to the new Administration Section of City…
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