HomeMy WebLinkAboutnewspaper articles odd and ends efvc 2_0009Enfield's
fire spat
resolved
From Journal Staff Reports
ENFIELD — The Enfield fire
protection spat apparently is over.
Town officials and leaders from
the Enfield Volunteer Fire Company
reached an accord Tuesday night
over the company's 1984 contract,
Fire Chief Dennis Hubbell said.
The compromise ends the possi-
bility that the town would be left
without fire protection after Dec. 31.
Hubbell said the fire company
withdrew its request for $41,998 and
agreed to the town's offer of $38,400
for the 1984 contract. In return, he
said, town officials agreed to set
aside $5,000 over a four-year period
beginning in 1985.
Town officials were unavailable
this morning to confirm the agree-
ment.
"We feel it's a solid agreement,"
Hubbell said.
He said the fire company had been
pressing for $41,090 so it could set
aside some money for truck re-
placement. But the company won't
need a new truck for another couple
of years, at which time the separate
$5,000 fund should become available,
he said.
John Miller, county fire and dis-
aster coordinator, said the com-
promise was "a miracle."
"I thought there was no way they
would get together," said Miller,
who attended part of the Tuesday
meeting.
Miller said that if the town had not
reached accord with Eire
company, other county
depart-
ments would not have been bTeto
provide mutual aid, l
dents with no protection.
"It's certainly ablessing for the
people in Enfield," Miller said