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Common Council To Affirm

3 Bases For Firefighting Pact

ONEONTA – When it meets Tuesday, Common Council plans to voice support for continuing to provide professional firefighting services to Southside and other parts of the Town of Oneonta.

The restatement of its interest on settling the contract comes a week before the town Fire District Board of Commissioners has scheduled a hearing, for 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at the Elm Park Methodist Church, Elm Street, on plans to create a volunteer fire department in the district.

In a resolution, Common Council also plans to outline support for three bases for agreement on a new contract between City Hall and the town’s Fire District, as follow:

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