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Litchfield board confirms pay-per-call payouts for volunteers, flags departmental tally discrepancy
Summary
The Board approved the Pay-Per-Call payout schedule and confirmed payments for volunteers; the minutes list both a total of 53 qualifying volunteers and a department-level tally that sums to a different number, a discrepancy the minutes record but do not resolve.
The Litchfield Board of Fire Commissioners confirmed the schedule and funding for Pay-Per-Call (PPC) payments for volunteers covering Dec. 1, 2025–May 31, 2026, with payments expected the second week of July. The minutes state the program was funded at $80,000 for 2025/26 and will be funded at $160,000 for 2026/27.
According to the minutes, “Fifty-three (53) volunteers completed all PPC requirements.” The document lists department registrations as: BFC 21, ELFC 14, LFC 9, NFC 19 and LVA 1. The listed departmental counts, as recorded in the minutes, sum to 64, which does not match the stated total of 53; the minutes report the figures but do not reconcile them. The minutes also say volunteers will be compensated $20 per call, up to $3,500 per volunteer.
Commission records indicate payments will be drawn from the PPC allocation and distributed the second week of July. The board discussed promoting the program in 2026/27 as an incentive for volunteer recruitment, noting the planned budget increase to $160,000 for the coming year. No motion specific to the PPC payment list was recorded in the minutes; the item was presented as a program update during the meeting.
