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1 _3- Selectmen's Meeting January 15, 1996 Oft Chief Furdon reported the 19 weak Police Academy training, which is given at no cost other than for materials and salaries of recruits. Regarding the hiring of women and minorities, Chief Furdon reported the hiring of two women, adding that he would hire more if available. In an effort to add to the list of minorities, a list of applicants will be obtained from State Civil Service. Other areas, such as disability retirement, adequacy of EMT equipment and overtime expenses were discussed briefly and the scope of computer programs Being utilized described. Mr. Marshall asked for a written report on increased services of the Police Department for presentation, with its expense budget, to Town Meeting. It was suggested information and data on violations be publicized in the Town Report in summary form. Chief Furdon was thanked for his informative presentation, FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET Chief Bergeron was present for review of his Department's Expense Budget #4154 requests in the amount of $152,400± up 6.6% from last year. He gave a capsulized summary of the Fire Department's activities such as fire prevention; rescue services; EMT; Ambulance service; hazardous materials services; the Right -to -Know law; Civil Defense Agency and dealing with the Hazardous Substances Committee. The Chief reported that he is making no capital requests this year. The ambulance, funded last year, is in operation and he noted that there is mandatory flexibility training and that a Cardio Vascular fitness program is available. With regard to hurricane "Gloria ". he noted that more than 64 calls for help had been received. A Federal Disaster Grant application has been coordinated, Material was distributed showing the personnel setup; per capita expenditure for Fire Protection; number of residents per uniformed personnel; comparison of Fire Dept. manning in other communities; total fore and ambulance calls and goals for FY97 recapped. Under the Fire Dept. Expense budget, an additional car, for use by the Asst. Chief is requested.\ Regarding sprinklering, Chief Bergeron reported that all new commercial buildings and approximately 1/2 of the older buildings have the installations. There had been 47 street box alarms, 41 had proven to be false alarms and the remainder had been called in by telephone. The Chief reported that he encourages applications by minorities and women, but at this time only one Hispanic is on the staff. One woman had been employed but has left for other employment. As with the Police Department, performance statistics for the Fire Department will be provided to Town Meeting, The Board complimented Chief Bergeron on the scope of his report on Fire Dept, activities and thanked him for his budget presentation s