Fire District Adopts $5.5 Million Budget
In an unusual turn of events, the meeting had 55 registered voters in attendance, 1 more than the town's annual meeting last week.
More than 60 people turned out for the East Greenwich Fire District's annual meeting Tuesday night – 55 of them registered voters. That was a feat in itself considering two years ago people at the meeting were making phone calls to their neighbors to get the 30 voters needed to field a quorum. The Fire District's proposed budget of $5.5 million passed with a vote of a show of hands, with only one dissenter. Before the vote, one concern raised by voters was health care co-pays. Voters were told union members will be required to pay $3,000 toward a family plan in the next fiscal year. The other hot-button topic was the proposal – not part of next year's budget – to consider buying the parcel at Post Road and Cedar Avenue in order to build a…
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