Article: Vernon considers new board to oversee Fire Department Appointed panel would oversee budget and day-to-day operations

The Town Board will be asked at its Dec. 17 meeting to consider creating an eight-member independent board to oversee the operation of the Big Bend-Vernon Volunteer Fire Department.

Creating a Fire Department board was one of the central recommendations of an independent study completed last month by Almont Associates Inc., consultants on fire department operations.

The $5,000 report suggested that political discord was at the heart of the problems in the department and recommended that at the least, the communities consider hiring a mediator to resolve disagreements over the Fire Department. For two years, Big Bend and Vernon have been at odds over the

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