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Fire chief reports equipment repairs; board delays fire-fee ordinance after legal review
Summary
Fire Chief Steve Dickman reported repairs and maintenance needs for Fire Dept. equipment and raised snowplow damage at the town hall site; the board reviewed a legal opinion on a proposed fire-fee ordinance and deferred action until the new board is installed in April.
Fire Chief Steve Dickman provided the Town Board with a written Greenbush Fire Department update and the March financial statement, reporting recent and planned maintenance work: wheel seals on Engine 1 were repaired, the generator on Squad 5 has an oil leak that will be repaired within a month, and quotes were obtained for tire replacement on Engine 1. Chairman Michael Limberg noted Luedtke Auctions as a potential buyer for used tires.
Dickman also reported damage to areas of the town hall/fire department site attributed to snowplowing and asked the board to review the snowplowing vendor contract for current and future seasons. The board took no immediate contract action at the meeting.
Separately, the board discussed provisions of a draft ordinance to impose fire-department fees. Clerk/Treasurer Miller reported the town requested and received a legal opinion from the town’s attorneys on whether billing state-owned property for a fire fee is lawful; a copy of the opinion was provided to supervisors. Chairman Limberg said the board will wait to take further action on ordinance provisions until the newly elected board members are installed in April.
The meeting record lists these items among routine administrative matters and correspondence and does not record a public vote or the content of the legal opinion in the minutes; the clerk’s office holds the opinion and the fire department maintenance records.
