Village council appears to have worked out differences with the trustees from Center and Elkrun townships over a new two-year fire contract. Council’s safety committee members met this week with township trustees and village fire department officials to go over the proposed 2020-21 contract for providing fire coverage to Center and Elkrun townships. The contract came up for renewal at council’s Dec. 17 meeting but action was deferred because the townships were surprised by some of the changes made by village Solicitor Alec Beech. At the top of the list was removal of language added in the 2017-19 contract giving the townships a vote in choosing future chiefs. Beech pointed out the chief and firefighters are village employees, and as such the decision is the sole responsibility of council.