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G.I.: Hire chief, stop blowing smoke…

Fmr. Grand Island Fire Chief Troy Hughes

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) – A legal action has been filed against the city of Grand Island because it’s lacking a fire chief.
Wednesday’s filing in Hall County District Court asks the court to order the city to appoint a fire chief “with all deliberate speed.”
Nebraska statutes say cities with 37,500 or more residents must have a full-time fire chief.
Chief Troy Hughes resigned in October 2011. Civil service rules limit the term of the interim chief’ to only four months in a fiscal year, so he stepped down Monday.
City Administrator Mary Lou Brown says the city is following state law because there is a fire chief position that’s just vacant.

 

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