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Mills County approves $7,000 payment to volunteer fire department; officials say interlocal agreement must be updated
Summary
Mills County commissioners approved a $7,000 payment to the local volunteer fire department while county officials said a 2004 contract is no longer valid and staff will draft an updated interlocal agreement covering all county VFDs.
Mills County commissioners on April 27 approved a $7,000 payment to a local volunteer fire department and directed staff to update an expired interlocal agreement that previously governed county support for VFDs.
County Judge (speaker 1) brought the matter before the court after staff flagged inconsistencies in the file. Commissioner Richard Williams said he and staff searched records and located a 2004 contract and a 1988 county-attorney letter that together showed the county historically provided funding for fuel, insurance and other support — but that the 2004 document "is not valid…
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