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Overtime, Wages Caused $165K Deficit in Dalton Fire District

An audit of the Fire District's expenses has found a $165,000 deficit caused by mainly by overtime for firefighters and emergency medical technicians.

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Dalton Fire District Tries to Clarify Prudential Committee Role

The agenda posted on Aug. 15 included two items: general business and a discussion of the duties of the Water Commissioners and Prudential Committee.

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Dalton Fire District Sees Potential in Former Dalton Garage

The Dalton Garage would open the doors to so many possibilities, members of the Fire District said during a walk-through of the building last week.

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Dalton Fire District Approves Employee Handbook

Fire Chief Christian Tobin has been working with district departments to update the district’s employee handbook, which was last updated in 2015.

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Dalton Water Commissioners Approve Ambulance Agreements

These agreements allow the Fire Department's advanced life support ambulance to assist other departments' basic life support ambulances.

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Dalton Fire District Community Meeting Works to Find Solutions Various Problems

The district's new Fire Chief Christian Tobin, established the monthly meeting to get different perspectives from residents to develop solutions to the town's problems and work together to solve them.

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Incumbents Returned to Williamstown Prudential Committee

A small crowd of residents convened for the district annual meeting that followed the election. All articles on the meeting warrant passed unanimously.

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Williamstown Fire District Meeting Tuesday

The Fire District on Tuesday will ask voters to approve a fiscal year 2025 budget that includes a 3.5 percent increase in the operation budget over the current year.

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Dalton Fire District Votes OK All Articles, Return Incumbents

Voters approved all 22 articles on the warrant unanimously at the annual Fire District meeting on Tuesday night at the Stationery Factory.

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Dalton Fire District Annual Town Meeting May 14

The meeting will take place at the Stationary Factory on Tuesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. The annual election will be held on the same day, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the fire station.

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Williamstown Fire Committee Talks Station Project Cuts, Truck Replacement

Some of the "value engineering" changes are cosmetic, while at least one pushes off a planned expense into the future.

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Dalton Fire District Prioritizes Ambulance, Fire Improvements in Budget

The Fire District is anticipating a budget of $3,516,650 for fiscal year 2025, an increase of $820,196 from last year.

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Dalton Fire District to Hold Informational Session April 10

The Dalton Fire District will be having an informational session on Wednesday, April 10, at Wahconah Regional High School starting at 6:30 p.m.

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Dalton Fire District Starts Drafting Budget

The district has been tightly budgeting the last three years in an effort to keep the taxes down but prices are continuing to increase so this cannot continue, Water Commission Chair James Driscoll said.

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Dalton Fire District Seeks Legal Action Over Ladder Truck

The ladder truck was ordered in late 2022 but its delivery date has been changed at least four times.

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Dalton Fire Chief Hired But Name Will Be Released at Later Date

The district does plan to hold a swearing-in ceremony the first week of February. The exact date has yet to be determined.

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Dalton Fire District Tax Rate Increases

The tax rate has increased by 36.78 percent, or .32 cents, from last year's rate of 87 cents per $1,000 property value.

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Dalton Officials Nix Fire District Article at Special Town Meeting

The town has a lot more pressing priorities it needs to attend to, including reconstruction projects and other priorities that are costly to the town, Select Board Vice Chairman Dan Esko said.

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Adams Fire District Sets New Tax Rate

The rate accepted Wednesday morning at the tax classification hearing represents a five-cent increase over the last rate of 91 cents. Increased assessed values in town largely drove this rate.

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Water Usage Dispute Between Pittsfield and Dalton

The city is claiming that the district is using 66 million gallons of water per month, Water Superintendent Bob Benlien told the Board of Water Commissioners on Tuesday.

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Williamstown Fire District Moving to Acquire New OPM for Station Project

Prudential Committee Chair David Moresi mentioned the move during his report to the annual fire district meeting on Tuesday at Williamstown Elementary School.

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Williamstown Fire District Gets OKs for Site Work on Station Site

In separate sessions with the Conservation Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals, fire district officials got the OK for a "cut and fill" project that will raise the grade of the area planned for construction to bring it roughly to the same elevation as Main Street (Route 2).

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Adams Fire District Sets New Water Rate

The new rates will go into effect on July 1.