UPPER GWYNEDDÂ â The start of 2021 has brought a change to Upper Gwynedd s volunteer firefighter incentive program.
The township commissioners voted unanimously on Jan. 19 to modify the township s incentive program to give the local fire department more control. During this year s budget process, the board of commissioners changed the Upper Gwynedd Fire Department s stipend program, to a volunteer program retention allocation of $60,000, said commissioner Katherine Carter.
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In 2018 the then-commissioners adopted a local incentive program creating an earned income tax credit of up to $1,000 per year on firefighters who live in, and pay earned income taxes to, the township. Since then, Carter told the commissioners on Jan. 19, the fire department has proposed a different incentive program, which would give the fire company more control over the allocation set aside in the township budget.
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