Lebanon Police $30,000 Signing Bonus Raises Eyebrows
November 28, 2023
LEBANON — In a sign of the challenge police departments face in filling their ranks, the city’s police department has increased its signing bonus to
A total of 16 staffers have quit in the year since municipal leaders — set to talk about ambulance coverage Tuesday — decided to test a move of all emergency medical services to the current 23-member fire department, a VTDigger review of personnel records shows.
BRATTLEBORO — A total of 16 firefighters have quit since this town’s government began debating whether its current 23-member fire department should take over all emergency medical services, personnel records show.
The private nonprofit Rescue Inc. operated ambulances for the municipality for nearly six decades before local leaders decided last year, with little public notice or debate, to drop Rescue’s $285,600 annual contract in favor of launching a transition plan toward a town takeover.
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LEBANON — In a sign of the challenge police departments face in filling their ranks, the city’s police department has increased its signing bonus to
Ron Cato spent 30 years of his life marching into burning buildings, rescuing people from smoldering rubble and speeding down streets in a fire engine,
The Columbia River Fire & Rescue District and the local firefighters union signed a 2022-2025 contract but never had “a meeting of the minds” on substantial salary