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On September 13th, at the District’s Annual Meeting YOU will be asked to vote for two (2) open seats on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, “conduct the business of the District” according to the CCFD Charter (a copy is available on the website: www.CCFDRI.com). Right now, there are three Directors who are aligned with the employees/firefighters. If another Director is elected who is similarly minded and influenced, then the District will be BACK in the control of the employees… exactly where it was eight years ago when it was driven into bankruptcy through gross and incompetent mismanagement and poor, employee-influenced decisions that wasted the taxpayers’ – YOUR – valuable tax dollars. Do not allow the District to return to the control and influence of the employees. Examples of areas where employee-influenced decisions adversely impact the taxpayers: not managing injured-on-duty claims; ensuring that time (vacation and hours worked) is accurately accounted for; and, accepting grievances without thorough push-back or challenge. Just this year, the administration saved the District millions by challenging unsupported injured-on-duty claims, which could have had lasting disability pension impacts to the District and the taxpayers as legacy costs and injured-on-duty cost. These are NOT the type of administrative responsibilities that can be left to a Fire Chief – there must be “civilian” management and oversight, just like in our federal government where the military have civilian oversight. At the next meeting, I plan to share some information about the future of the District and how decisions made now and in the future will have an important impact to the District. As I have said, I am not running for re-election. What I am trying to do is INFORM the people of the District so no one can honestly say they were not given the FACTS…or they were not TOLD about important things impacting the District, or that they DIDN’T KNOW about THEIR DISTRICT.
Stay tuned for future meeting notices. Send your name, address, and email address to: info@ccfdri.com Our next Board of Directors Meeting will be held in-person at the Coventry Town Hall Annex, 1675 Flat River Road, Coventry, RI 02816 and via Zoom (where you can participate) on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 6:30 PM: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83717944907?pwd=M1h3cEhLQkgxeW9mMFl1LzVHWW 1Bdz09 Meeting ID: 837 1794 4907 Passcode: 386161 Paid for by Central Coventry Fire District; Fred P. Gralinski, President
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