Templeton has a full time fire chief and now it seems like it is heading towards a full time department, as there are two full time fire fighters in the upcoming spending plan, but there is no Town Meeting article concerning that, as there was in the annual town meeting of 2013.

Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide a sum of money to hire two (2) full-time equivalent firefighter/EMTs to work daytime coverage 48 hours per week (Monday-Friday), or to take any other action relative thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
 Chief Laporte was allowed to speak.

On a motion duly made and seconded the town voted that One Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Twelve Dollars ($128,812.00) be hereby appropriated from the FY 14 tax levy and other general revenues of the town to be expended by the Fire Chief to add two daytime full time equivalent firefighter/EMTs to the staffing of the Templeton Fire Department. Passed/May 14th @ 8:26


posted by Jeff Bennett