Fire chief defends cuts to apprentice program as budget tightens
Acting Fire Chief Timothy Alvin told the council the department eliminated nine firefighter positions and its apprentice program to meet a $2 million budget target, and described capital priorities including SCBA replacements and bunkroom expansion.
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Acting Fire Chief Timothy Alvin summarized the fire department's FY27 goals and cost reductions and said the department will eliminate nine firefighter positions and discontinue the apprentice program to help achieve required savings. "We eliminated 9 firefighter positions and also eliminated our apprentice program," Alvin said, noting that doing so reduced the department's requested operating budget and produced near-term savings.
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