The West Marlborough supervisors' August agenda included routine business like the minutes, the treasurer's report, and a list of correspondence, but probably the most interesting discussion concerned an upcoming emergency services report.
For the past year a township task force has been exploring how West Marlborough should fund the volunteer emergency services companies (fire and ambulance) that serve the township. The group has been gathering financial and operations data from the companies, such as their yearly budgets and the percentage of their calls that occur in West Marlborough. Supervisor Jake Chalfin, a task force member, said the amount of information they've analyzed has been "mind-boggling": "it's some complicated stuff," he said.
According to supervisors' chairman Bill Wylie, the task force is "close to finalizing" a funding formula for the companies. The group is expected to make its report before the supervisors need to begin working on the 2020 budget. The supervisors will also need to decide the method by which the companies would be funded, whether a dedicated millage tax or a fluctuating yearly contribution from the general fund.
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