A number of Watertown public service members were honored for their actions of heroism during the common council meeting Tuesday.
Dispatcher Julia Schmelzer, Police officer James Simon, Watertown Fire Assistant Chief Tim Gordon, Fire Lt. Brad Fox, firefighter/paramedic Mason Tayler, firefighter/paramedic Patrick Schultz, firefighter/paramedic Jeff Penna and firefighter/paramedic Alexa Steinbach each received a life-saving award for their actions in saving the life of a patient earlier this year.
“This is one of the things I always have a pleasure to present to everybody,” said Fire Chief Kraig Biefeld, who presented the awards. “We have a large group of public service employees that do a really great job for the city keeping us safe at all times and I think at times like this it’s great to be able to take the time to appreciate some of the saves they have done.”