Springfield trustees rescind request for pay for Canfield Fair workers

NEW SPRINGFIELD

After listening to angry township firefighters and EMS workers Wednesday, Springfield Township trustees backed down on their request that the Mahoning County Fair Board pay the emergency workers $4,010 to stand by at the Canfield Fair this year.

For at least 50 years, the township has provided personnel to the fair.

At a special meeting July 7, however, for the first time, trustees asked the fair board to pay the firefighters $10 per hour and EMS workers $15, as well as a $25 per hour fee for equipment taken to the fair, for a total of $4,010.

Fair Board President Jim Brown Jr. responded in a letter that the board declined to pay the hourly rates, released the fire department from their fair service and thanked them for their past service.

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