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Committee keeps fitness room off immediate cuts after safety and morale concerns
Summary
A member suggested shrinking the fitness room to save cost, but fire leadership and others argued crew fitness, training and morale make the space operationally important; the committee agreed not to eliminate the fitness facility now.
A committee member with personal-training experience suggested modest reductions to the proposed fitness room to reclaim square footage. "It was just...where could we shrink things?" the member said, proposing the committee evaluate typical crew use and equipment needs.
The fire leadership pushed back on deep cuts, citing firefighter health and readiness: "From a firefighter's safety, they need a place to sleep. They need a clean shower and they need an exercise room," the fire representative said, arguing that maintaining those three elements supports operational readiness. Committee members agreed to leave the fitness room off the table for now and revisit it only if deeper cuts are required later in the reduction process.
