HEBRON – Following a vote by about 70 residents at the annual town meeting Saturday, the Hebron Volunteer Fire Department, which has been a private corporation since its inception in the mid-1900s, will become an official department of the town.
The group will turn all assets over to the town following a last meeting of the corporation next week. At that meeting, members will finalize the legalities that need to be worked out to dissolve the corporation and decide what financial assets might be kept by the group.
Selectmen and corporation members said there were many advantages to the department coming under town leadership, including bringing it into a position where municipal, state and federal laws take precedent over operations.
The move would assist the department in getting grants to help with funding and put it in a better position regarding liability issues.
Hebron will not take on any of the department’s current outstanding debts. The corporation will pay off any debts still pending.
The town also learned that Road Commissioner Glenn Drake had resigned before the town meeting.
There were two candidates for vacancy, but the town elected to have selectmen take on the position’s responsibilities for the two years remaining in Drake’s term.
Joan Clough was elected for another year as town clerk, treasurer and tax collector, while William Clough received a new three-year term on the Board of Trustees for Moody Library.
Louis Williams was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Selectmen, defeating current board member Beth Francis, 38-28.
David Williams moderated the meeting.
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