Eight volunteers submitted resignations from the Bugtussle Volunteer Fire Department prior to last Wednesday night’s special board meeting.
Tension arose when Bugtussle Fire Chief Trevor Tannehill and board member Jered Weeks had a disagreement during the September monthly board meeting, according to Chris Trainor, who was one of the firefighters to submit a resignation.
“We were going over the business of the fire department and one of our officers said ‘the board needs to help more with the stuff we have to do,’” Trainor told the McAlester News-Capital. “One of the board members, Jered Weeks, said the board members don’t need to help because they have family and this and that.”