State: Town not obligated to negotiate

T he Hampton Town Board has no legal obligation to negotiate a contract with its volunteer fire department according to representative Mackenzie Jewell from the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control.

Members of the fire department, however, continue to insist otherwise.

Jewell told members of the Hampton Volunteer Fire Department that the town has the authority to determine the sum it pays the department for providing fire protection and that it’s up to the department to decide if they [...]

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