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Increases in nearly all of the township Fire Commissioner annual stipends were approved by the Township Council at its December 10 meeting. The only Commissioners who did not seek an increase were those in Fire District 4, who will continue to receive $300 for each commissioner and $400 for each officer. The Fire District 1 Commissioners and Chairman received a …

MAKING HIS POINT – East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dan Krushinski speaks during the October 8 Fire District 3 Commissioners meeting. A more than 6-month standoff ended October 8 when a new contract was signed by teh East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department and the Fire District 3 Board of Commissioners. EFVFD has been operating without a contract since April …

The 100th anniversary celebration for the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 continued on October 5 with a short program and a barbecue. The celebrations began with a dinner on February 29, the actual day in 1924 on which the fire company was started. There was also a parade in July, said George Luck Jr., chairman of the 100th Anniversary …

END IN SIGHT? – Franklin Township Fire District 3 Commission chairman Sherrod Middleton said in a press release that a compromise has been struck in the contract dispute with the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department. (File photo.) The contract dispute between the Franklin Township Fire District 3 Commissioners and East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department may be headed to a close. …

NOT PLEASED – East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dan Krushinsky, center, listens as Fire District 3 board attorney reads a resolution concerning their contract dispute. The Franklin Township Fire District 3 Commissioners recently took a step to prepare the District in case a new contract with East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department is not ratified. The Commissioners at their September …

FIRE COMMISSIONER – Sherrod Middleton, chairman of the Fire District 3 Board of Commissioners, at the August 13 meeting. The Township government may step in if a contract impasse between East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department and the Fire District 3 Commissioners is not broken by the new September 30 deadline. That was the word on August 13 from Mayor Phil …

MAKING HIS POINT – East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dan Krushinski gestures as he speaks to the Fire District 3 Commissioners during the June 11 Commission hearing. The Franklin Fire District 3 Board of Commissioners on June 11 granted a 60-day reprieve to the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department to allow time for the two groups to compromise on a …

FIRE CONTRACT DISPUTE – Members of East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department are locked in a contract dispute with the Board of Commissioners for Fire District 3. A contract dispute that could affect fire protection services for about 30,000 township residents has devolved into an impasse for members of the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Company and the Fire District 3 Board …

Salary increases for Commissioners in Fire District 3 were among the fire commissioner salaries approved by the Township Council on December 13. The proposed salaries passed the public’s muster at the February fire elections. Fire District 3 Commissioner salaries were bumped $250, from $7,750 to $8,000. Salaries for Fire District 1 Commissioners remained at $8,000, with $8,500 for the chairman. …