The town of Newark throws a wrench in the Orfordville Fire Protection District’s plans to hire six full-time staff.
All five municipalities except for the town of Newark approved levy increases to fund the additional staffing.
Fire Chief Ryan Perkins says voters in Orfordville approved a $166,599 referendum back in November for the specific purpose of hiring full-time staff, and it doesn’t look like that will happen.
If the money won’t be spent how voters approved it, Village of Orfordville property owners could be seeing a refund on their December 2023 tax bills.
Perkins says the Fire Commission meets next Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. to consider it’s options.
