You might have worried your fire protection would decrease with a cut of $560,000 dollars to the city’s fire service; however, but Fire Chief Kevin Clifford says that’s not the case. Clifford maintains the cut will likely be absorbed via training and other revenue-generating possibilities, so it’s unlikely a truck will have to be taken off the road or more layoffs will be made necessary.
Firefighter’s union president Paul Stackhouse tells CHSJ News a cut of that size usually means something has to give somewhere, and he’s curious to see where the Chief plans to allocate those funds.
Stackhouse says he’s going to be open minded and looks forward to hearing the details.
