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Sigurd residents demand hearing after two volunteer firefighters removed; council tables dispute
Summary
Family members and fellow firefighters called on the Sigurd Town Council to reinstate two volunteers and hold a public hearing after removals from the Sigurd Fire Department; the council moved to table the item for further review and said it will place the matter on a future agenda.
Mayor Kelly Alvey presided over an emotional public-comment period at the Sigurd Town Council meeting on Nov. 20, where family members and local firefighters urged the council to reverse recent removals from the volunteer fire department and to hold a formal hearing.
Cheryl, who identified herself as the wife of former fire chief Joe Kirkwood, told the council her husband had served Sigurd for years and outlined what she described as a pattern of unfair treatment after he and another volunteer, Jason Jacobson, were removed from the department. "We respectfully request that the council holds all comments and questions until all of our speakers have finished," she said, and later asked the council to "put Joe and Jason back on the department immediately with no town retaliation and respectfully request a…
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