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Letter: Standard is 3 fire engines staffed with 4 firefighters. Now, there are no fire engines that meet this standard in Greenwich.

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“Last week the Town of Greenwich shifted Greenwich Fire Dept line personnel around in a manner that robs Peter to pay Paul by sabotaging properly staffed fire engines to marginally improve the safety on understaffed fire engines….Until this week, three fire engines in Town were staffed with four firefighters. Now, there are no fire engines in Town that meet this standard.” – Kevin Coyner, Career Firefighter and Acting Lieutenant, Greenwich Fire Department, Member, Retirement Board, Town of Greenwich, Former Greenwich resident and RTM member and Greenwich Volunteer Firefighter, Currently stationed at Station 4, Glenville Continue Reading →

Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Board of Estimate and Taxation, Greenwich Fire Department, Kevin Coyner

Tesei on RTM’s Nixing of NW Fire Station: Divisiveness Could Erode Greenwich Cachet

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At Thursday morning’s Board of Selectmen Meeting Peter Tesei said the BET hadn’t done a good job selling their budget to the RTM and that it wasn’t fair to characterize the budget increases as “out of control.” He cited unfunded legislative mandates and legal obligations of the town to fund pensions. He lamented the divisive nature of the fire station controversy. Drew Marzullo described Monday’s RTM meeting as a reality show, complete with booing and heckling. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Government, Board of Estimate and Taxation, Drew Marzullo, Lucia Jansen, Peter Tesei, Representative Town Meeting

Greenwich Gov. 101: Accountability, Citizen Participation, Voter Choice

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On Tuesday night a crowd of about 50 showed up at Town Hall for a primer on Greenwich government. The event, organized by Shelly Cryer and moderated by Jara Burnett of the League of Women Voters, allowed each panelist to sum up the function of their department or board, starting with the First Selectman. First Selectman as Full-Time Chief Executive
Tesei, now in his fourth term, said his job was made full-time in 1978 after a charter revision was approved by Greenwich voters in1975. The change took effect in 1977-78. In 1977  the election for First Selectman was deemed a tie, and, after a re-vote, Ruth Sims was elected the Town’s full-time chief executive, first woman and first Democrat in 75 years. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Government, BET, Board of Estimate and Taxation, League of Women Voters, Representative Town Meeting, RTM