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Bozrah selectmen discuss three-year volunteer fire company contract, defer final decision
Summary
The Bozrah Board of Selectmen reviewed a proposed three-year service contract with the Bozrah Volunteer Fire Company on March 30, 2026, focusing on ambulance ownership, insurance, billing proceeds distribution, and use of funds, and postponed final approval pending further analysis.
The Bozrah Board of Selectmen reviewed a proposed three-year service contract with the Bozrah Volunteer Fire Company on March 30, 2026, but deferred final approval pending further analysis of several operational and financial issues.
The special meeting opened at 4:00 p.m. at the Bozrah Volunteer Fire Company meeting room. Present were Selectmen Glenn S. Pianka, Ballinger, and Tarasevich; Chief Ryan Sholes and Deputy Chief James Combs of the Bozrah Volunteer Fire Company; and Michael O’Connor representing the Board of Finance.
The contract under consideration would cover the service period from July 1, 2026 through March 30, 2029. Discussion centered on potential changes to ambulance ownership, insurance coverage for ambulances and personnel, a new formula for distributing net ambulance-billing proceeds, and permissible uses of those proceeds, including funding for EMT and ambulance personnel and for fuel expenses. Board members and fire officials agreed additional information and analysis were needed before the town could finalize contractual terms.
No formal vote on the contract was recorded at the meeting. Instead, the board directed that a future meeting be scheduled once the requested information has been compiled and reviewed.
Selectman Ballinger moved to adjourn at 4:48 p.m.; Selectman Tarasevich seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. The minutes were recorded "For The Board, Glenn S. Pianka."
