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 Bay City Commission Has Voted to LAY OFF 6 Fire Fighters:

June 29th 2009 -- "Local 116 fighters Union leaders said the  plan to lay off 6 fire fighters will ultimately close Station 5 in the Banks area" and the possibility of effecting the staffing of Station 2  down in the South end of town. With the Commission voting on the budget and getting it pushed trough at the last minute, might have over looked other areas that could have waited until latter. With a 6 to 3 vote, the balanced budget was pushed through with the help of commissioners from the 1st and 2nd wards. All though some moneys were  put back toward the Fire Dept. Budget there is still a short fall in keeping the bottom 6 from getting laid off.

There were many residents from all over the city that attended the meetings and expressed their concerns on the safety of the public, and their family because the cuts in the police and fire dept. budgets. With the failing economy and cuts from the state, this cause the city to tighten the belt and cut across the  board, as they said. But Union's feel that there could be cuts in some areas, like the roof repair at city hall, and taking monies from the general fund and placing that into escrow for the possible GM tax tribunal instead of taking that from the overtime budget of the fire dept.

With help from our brothers and sisters of other locals, and we can not forget the public, We thank all those that helped and voiced their opinions to the Commission.    

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