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Longtime responder asks commission to remove volunteer fire district language from charter
Summary
Karen Sargent, a 30-year emergency responder, urged the Butte-Silver Bow Study Commission to delete charter references to volunteer fire districts (section 7.03, subsections a, d, e and f), saying doing so would subject volunteers to existing state law and align the charter with other Montana volunteer departments.
Karen Sargent, a volunteer firefighter and professional emergency responder, told the Butte-Silver Bow Study Commission on Oct. 27 she wants specific references to volunteer fire districts removed from the county charter.
"I am respectfully requesting that the Butte Silver Bow Government Study Commission remove any and all written reference pertaining to the volunteer fire districts, take them out of the charter," Sargent said, adding she has 30 years of training and…
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