montpelier firefighters fight staff cuts
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7/30/2019 Montpelier Firefighters Fight Staff Cuts
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If you cannot attend a
meeting, please call or write
all of the city council
members & tell them to
KEEP YOUR FIREFIGHTERS!
FACT
FACT
FACT
Paid for by the Montpelie r Career Firefighters IAFF Local 2287
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ATTENTION MONTPELIER RESIDENTS:
PLEASE SUPPORTYOUR FIREFIGHTER/EMTs
MAYOR: JOHN HOLLAR
14 McKinley St. 802-223-4651
T. ANDREW (ANDY) HOOPER
8 Winter St. [email protected]
ANNE WATSON
221 Barre St. 802-595-1734
ALAN H. WEISS
205 Forest Dr., Unit #1 [email protected]
TOM GOLONKA
64 Meadowbrook Dr. 802-223-3657
THIERRY GUERLAIN
15 McKinley St. [email protected]
ANGELA MACDONALD TIMPONE
23 Hill St. 802-238-1572
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CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS:
The LOSS OF THIS POSITION will not only result in a
REDUCTION OF CURRENT SERVICES the department
provides, but WILL LIMIT THE ABILITY TO RESPOND
to simultaneous calls resulting in DELAYED RESPONSES
or relying on mutual aid in addition to putting our
RESIDENTS AND FIREFIGHTERS AT RISK.
YOUR FIREFIGHTERS
NEED YOU TO ATTENDTHE FOLLOWING MEETINGS:
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 6:30 pm Special council meeting
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 6:30 pm Regular council meeting
First public hearing on budget & annual meeting
Thursday, January 24 2013 6:30 pm Special council meeting - second and final public hearing on budget &
annual meeting warning
Deadline for all petitioned articles & finalize warning for annual meeting
CITIZENS BUDGET COMMITTEE
REPORT FINDINGS: THE MATRIX
REPORT
If savings can be found by reducing
overtime, the City could consider hiring
three more firefighters full time.
...came to the conclusion to increase
fire department staffing...
NATIONAL CITIZEN SURVEY:
...the fire department earned the
highest percentage of
support of all the city
departments.
Montpelier Fire Department CALL VOLUME HAS
INCREASED a minimum of3% EACH YEAR!
Fire Department STAFFING numbers NOW are at the
LOWEST in the history of the department.
Over the last several years, the Fire Department has
ALREADY ELIMINATED MULTIPLE POSITIONS in an
attempt to cut costs, leaving staffing at an all-time low.
Costperavera
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home=$14.07
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