Coming Up in the House Municipal Government Committee on Thursday, April 3: Replacing the Central Coventry Fire District

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1. H7906: Establishes a new fire district (the Main Fire District) to replace the Central Coventry Fire District, subject to approval by the voters of the former CCFD. (H Municipal Government; Thu, Apr 3)

The Central Coventry Fire District was ordered liquidated by Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Brian Stern on February 24. The firefighters union had originally planned a lawsuit to try to prevent this, but on Friday, Erica Ponte of WPRI-TV (CBS 12) reported…

Firefighter’s Union president Dave Gorman says the union has agreed to hold off on pursuing its lawsuit, pending legislation proposals which may allow the state to appoint a budget commission to oversee fire district finances.

The legislation sought by the union is needed becasue Rhode Island’s fiscal stabilization law enabling the state to take over cities and towns (in stages) via a budget commission and receiver, currently does not extend to fire districts. S2778, not yet scheduled for a hearing, would change this.

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