Boardman firefighters union seeks time with trustees

BOARDMAN — The union representing township firefighters wants to talk to trustees and the fiscal officer about the township finances to see if they can reach agreement on a solution.

Harry Wolfe, president of Boardman Professional Firefighters Local 1176 of the International Association of Firefighters, sent a letter Monday requesting the executive session meeting.

“I understand that we all have to work together and we need to come to some kind of agreement,” Wolfe said.

He said only a few items in the recently approved contract deal with financial issues and he doesn’t want to reopen negotiations for the whole pact.

But it’s possible for both sides to issue a memorandum of understanding if they can agree on certain issues, the union president said.

“We want to know, what do they want from the fire department?” Wolfe said.

“I think the board’s answer to that would be, “‘What are you looking to give?’” said Jason Loree, township administrator.

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