The city’s fire chief announced Tuesday that he is closing one fire house and reducing staffing at another beginning this Saturday over concerns about fiscal year 2018 funding in the municipal budget.
Fire Chief Dan Goonan said he is closing Station 9 at 575 Calef Road in Ward 9, effective Saturday, July 1. He is also reducing staffing from four to three per shift at Station 2 on South Main Street.
The goal, Goonan said, is to close a nearly $49,000 gap between his original budget request of $19,781,502, and the $19,732,544 his department received when aldermen approved the budget on June 13