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Commission weighs incorporating Allentown Fire District into charter and reviews nuisance powers after reported shooting
Summary
The commission discussed folding the Allentown Fire District’s resolution into the city charter, clarified oversight and liability concerns, and asked staff to collect or draft clearer nuisance-response language after a commissioner reported witnessing a shooting near a local restaurant.
Commissioners spent a substantial portion of the April 16 meeting reviewing proposed charter language to incorporate the Allentown Fire District into the city charter and debating how oversight, hiring and discipline of the fire chief should be framed.
The mayor (name not given in the record) said the district had originally joined the city by a vote of taxed residents and that, while the city manages budget and purchasing, the commission’s authority over hiring and discipline of the…
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