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UNCERTAIN.
ONE YEAR AFTER THE BOARD IN
SAINT
JOSEPH TOWNSHIP VOTED TO KEEP
ITS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT,
THAT
AREA'S TRUSTEE IS PROPOSING TO
OUTSOURCE SERVICE AGAIN.
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S DREW BLAIR IS
LIVE TONIGHT AT THE STATION IN
QUESTION.
DREW?
MARK, A SIGN OUTSIDE THE SAINT
JOSEPH
TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT
ADVERTISES A MEETING HAPPENING
ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHEN LEADERS OF THIS
COMMUNITY WILL SIGN NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT
INCLUDE
MONEY TO KEEP THIS STATION OPEN.
[JERRY 28:37] THERE'S A
TENDENCY FOR PEOPLE NOT TO
GET INVOLVED IN THESE THINGS
UNTIL IT IMPACTS THEIR LIFE.
MEMBERS OF A TOWNSHIP FIRE
DEPARTMENT SAY THEY'RE
FIGHTING...
TO FIGHT FIRES.
[JERRY 21:59] WHY DO YOU WANT TO
TAKE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER
THEIR TIME AND HAVE THE
STATE CERTIFICIATIONS TO SERVE
AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT
THEY ARE ORDERED TO DO SO AND
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO FIGHT FOR
THAT.
THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE TELLS
NEWSCHANNEL 15 HE WANTS TO
CONTRACT
FIRE SERVICES ELSEWHERE.
[JERRY 29:50]
IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK
WITH THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE WHAT
ELSE
ARE YOU NOT DOING AS A TOWNSHIP
TRUSTEE TO REFLECT THE TRUE
MEANING
OF YOUR JOB? RICHARD UHRICK SAYS
HE IS DOING HIS JOB.
HE SAYS OUTSOURCING SERVICE TO
THE FORT WAYNE FIRE
DEPARTMENT WILL BETTER PROTECT
THE COMMUNITY AND SAVE MONEY.
[RICHARD PHONER 01:34] IF YOUR
HOUSE GOES UP IN FLAMES WHERE
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE TAKE CARE
OF IT...
7 DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY
PROFESSIONAL FIRE SERVICE FROM 4
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR ONE
STATION OF VOLUNTEERS THAT MIGHT
GET THERE AT SIX OR SEVEN OR TEN
OF 15 MINUTES LATER? FIRE CHIEF
JERRY LENCKE SAYS IF THIS
IS A MATTER OF MONEY HE WANTS IN
ON THE CONVERSATION.
HE SAYS REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF
BUDGET EXPENSES HAVEN'T BEEN
GRANTED.
[JERRY 24:42] WHAT ARE THE
INTENSIONS? THE ACTIONS SPEAK
VERY LOUD AND WE HAVE
SINCE THE FIRST OF DEC.
OFFERED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK
ABOUT THE BUDGET
AND I SAID WE COULD DO IT AT 40%
LESS THAN WHAT WE DID IT BEFORE,
I GOT TO
THINK THAT WE'RE THERE
UHRICK SAYS THE FIRE SERVICE
CONTRACT WILL NOT BE BROUGHT UP
AT
NEXT WEEK'S MEETING, ONLY THE
BUDGET ITSELF.
THAT DECISION WILL COME ANOTHER
DAY AND MAY OR MAY NOT INVOLVE
PUBLIC INPUT.
LIVE IN ST.
JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, DREW
BLAIR, NEWSCHANNEL 15.
LOCAL POLICE WANT TO REMIND YOU
TO KEEP KIDS SAFE AND STOP FOR
SCHOOL