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Madison Czopek May 18, 2021
The Onset Fire District’s annual election was held at the VFW on Tuesday, May 18 from 4 to 8 p.m.
Karl Baptiste ran unopposed and won one three-year seat on the Prudential Committee, receiving 29 votes.
Frank Kowzic was re-elected to serve a three-year term as Water Commissioner; he received 31 votes. Robert Brousseau won one year-long seat as moderator, receiving 31 votes.
Along with the results, Mary McCoy of the Onset Fire District reported that 31 voters participated in the election in total.
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The Onset Fire District will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Onset VFW, 4 Gibbs Ball Park Rd., on Monday, May 17.
Most articles on the warrant pertain to routine financial business like paying salaries, allocating funds for workers’ benefits, and other business to keep the district running.
Additionally, residents will be asked to give the Prudential Committee the authority to sell, rent, or lease the fire district’s current headquarters at 5 East Central Ave., which will be vacant once the district’s new station on Sand Pond Road opens in the near future.
The Onset Fire District Annual Election will be held Tuesday, May 18, at the VFW from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
An outdoor view of the new station. Photos by: Madison Czopek
The new fire station’s apparatus bay, where emergency response vehicles are kept, will have a space for all of the department’s vehicles an improvement on the old station, where some vehicles had to be kept outside due to lack of space.
These scrubbers will clean the air in the apparatus bay.
Firefighters will be able to control the garage doors in the apparatus bay remotely.
The apparatus bay has a mezzanine area that will be used for storage.
When the station is complete, this space just off the apparatus bay will be a locker room designated for firefighting gear.