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Warren firefighter Brian Gilger, center, receives the inaugural Trumbull County Firefighter of the Year award Friday morning at the Parkman Road fire station, where Gilger is stationed. At left is Jim Standohar, marketing director for Servpro, and at right is Ted Snyder, general manager for the Tribune Chronicle. The newspaper and Servpro co-sponsored the award, which is planned to be an annual one.
WARREN Brian Gilger has been around firefighters all his life.
The 25 1/2 years he has worked for the Warren Fire Department are really the second half of his experience because his father, Dave Gilger, worked for the department for 30 years. The elder Gilger during his last three years of service was able to work side-by-side with his son in the department.
State fire officials have finished their investigation into the cause of a New Year s Day fire in Warren that claimed the lives of a mother and her five-year-old son.
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WARREN City council is looking to approve a 2021 initial general fund budget that is nearly $600,000 more than the measure passed at the end of 2019, according to city records.
The 2021 budget proposal set to be approved by city council has the city earning $28.9 million in general fund revenue compared to $28.2 million passed at this time last year before the coronavirus pandemic took a toll on the U.S. and local economies.
The city is projecting it will lose about $39,000 in total income tax revenue it projected to have by the end of 2020, compared to the end of 2021. When this year’s budget was approved, officials expected the city to collect $20,513,000 in total income tax revenue. Next year, the city is expected to collect $20,552,000 in income tax revenue.