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Retired Charlotte fire chief offers to mediate Sigurd volunteer fire-department dispute
Summary
Paul Wilkinson, a retired Charlotte Fire Department division chief, told the Sigurd council he will interview firefighters, review documentation and produce options to restore the volunteer department. Wilkinson emphasized accountability and transparency and said he will produce a written report; council authorized staff to let him meet with fire members.
Paul Wilkinson, who identified himself as a retired division chief from the Charlotte Fire Department, told the Sigurd Town Council on May 21 he would act as a neutral reviewer to help restore the volunteer fire department.
Wilkinson described plans to collect documentation (charter, budgets, training and personnel files), conduct station visits, interview members one-on-one for candid information, and provide a written set of options the council could choose. "Accountability and transparency are two main things,"…
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