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Ohio Official Says It's Time to Stop Attacking Fire Dept.

May 23--MIDDLETOWN -- After several months of an in-depth look of fire department operations, the city's vice mayor said it's time to move on. Since August 2012, there have been three council work sessions to discuss the operations of the city's fire department. Vice Mayor Dan Picard said despite hundreds of hours of staff time spent reviewing options, "I have not heard of any cost-saving measures and are implemented feasibly." "I think it's time for this discussion to come to an end," he...

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Ohio Official Says It's Time to Stop Attacking Fire Dept.

The vice mayor of Middletown says its time for the discussions about cuts to the fire department to end as there have been no feasible cost-saving measures developed.

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