At last night's Mayor's Chat and Town Council meetings it was obvious that both the SSVFD leadership and Town Council wished to limit discussion and comment regarding the Fire and Rescue Contract. The atmosphere at both meetings seemed to indicate that the current state of affair was at least a notch above “cautiously optimistic”.
Mayor Smith, Town Manager Read, and SSVFD Chief Harvey each spoke briefly regarding the matter indicating that after approximately 12 hours of meetings the negotiation of the contract is progressing in earnest. I believe we have Mayor Pro Tem McDonald to thank for advancing these talks and leading the Town Council toward a more productive, good faith negotiation process.
This was much more encouraging than I had expected and obviously much different than the 100+ spectators had anticipated. Because the maximum legal capacity of the Pitts Center was exceeded, many of the SSVFD firefighters in attendance gave up their seats so that more citizens could stay. Once everyone was seated, those left standing had to leave.
Hopefully, my next post on this matter will be to announce the successful completion of negotiations.
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