The fire district will ask voters on Tuesday to fund a study of the district’s current and future needs.
Included on the warrant for the annual district meeting is an article requesting permission to spend up to $25,000 for the study.
“We’re going to go out and do [a request for proposals] for an analysis of the current fire department, what it looks like down the road, what we’re going to need and so forth,” explained John Notsley, the chairman of the Prudential Committee, which runs the district.
The Williamstown Fire District is a separate entity from town government and that has its own taxing authority. That is why, unlike every other municipal entity, its budget was not considered at last week’s annual town meeting.