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Union urges study commission to keep fire director in charter; working group seeks budget data
Summary
At the Dec. 15 study-commission meeting, Local 96 urged commissioners not to replace the charter's director of fire services with a 'fire coordinator' and cited an ESCI study recommending three staff in inspections/investigations; the fire working group asked the fire director and volunteer chiefs for four years of budget detail to inform charter recommendations.
John Bridal, president of IFF Local 96, used public comment time to oppose a proposed charter change that would replace a "director of fire services" with a "fire coordinator." "It is our understanding that the replacement of the director of fire services with a fire coordinator was suggested to bring forward to a vote of the citizens of Butte Silver Bow in 2026," Bridal said. He pointed to a 1996 ballot in which citizens removed a 'fire coordinator' role and warned the commission not to "go backwards."
Bridal also described operational concerns: union requests for one additional firefighter per shift and better staffing for the inspections and investigations office have not been…
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