Still no decision for fire department

The Edna City Council postponed a decision on the future of its paid fire department to allow council members time to look at another possible solution. The city council met in a packed council chambers earlier this evening, Aug. 6.

Councilman Doug Kelley asked council to fund the fire department for one more year to give themselves time to come up with a solution other than turning it over to ESD3 or possibly eliminating  the department. Kelley said if the city could come up with $275K annually to fund the fire department there would be no reason to get rid of it. 

Council agreed to meet on Monday, Aug. 15 at 5 p.m. for another budget workshop and to consider an amended budget prepared by Kurt Janica, assistant fire chief for the Edna fire department that cut firefighters salaries, some by as much as $6,000 a year. 

See the Aug. 12 issue for the complete story.