PHOTO: A familiar face will be taking the helm of the Stamping Ground Fire Department as Assistant Chief Josh Cook was hired by the city commission to replace the retiring Chuck Helms.
Mayor Keith Murphy, who also serves as fire commissioner, recommended Cook to the commission. The commission was shorthanded with a vacancy that has to be filled, and Robert Jones on vacation, but Jones informed commissioners he had no issue proceeding with hiring Cook.
“I think it would be beneficial to go on and hire Cook,” said Commissioner David Clark. “You get a new chief in place, not that he doesn’t know the ropes.”