At their May meeting, the West Marlborough supervisors agreed to form a five-member advisory committee to explore how the township should fund local fire and ambulance services. The members will be charged with gathering data and making recommendations to the supervisors.
The township's engineer, Fran Greene, said that at a recent statewide conference he attended a roundtable discussion about the problems that small townships like West Marlborough are having in funding emergency services.
"It's an issue many municipalities face," he said.
The issue is a complicated one, because many local emergency services are facing rising costs, decreasing numbers of volunteers and dwindling donations from the public.
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