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By Patriot Staff
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Our apologiesto the family
and friends of the late Paul
Drouin for snarlingthe time
of visitation hours and a cel-
ebration of hislife.Visitation
will be from 10 to 11 a.m.
tomorrow at Doane, Beale
and AmesFuneralHome, 160
WestMain St..Hyannis,with
the celebration of life sched-
uled for 11 a.m. Burial will
follow in Oakneck Cemetery
in Hyannis.... Last week's
business story on Life, Inc.,
should have credited the
Cape Cod Five Charitable
Foundation Trust as the
donor of a grant that let the
Impressions studio print two
thousand key chains for the
Barnstable Senior Center.
The chains , designed by
Barnstable senior Charlie
Fox, carry important num-
bers for seniors to call....
Tomorrow is Local Authors
Day at Borders bookstore
on Route 132 in Hyannis.
Join Sarlee Perel.Polly Bur-
roughs, Ruth Fischel, Tom
O'Connell and many more
for discussions and auto-
graphs at 2 p.m Master
storyteller Tom Lee returns
May 6 at 7 p.m. for another
benefit performance in sup-
port of the Barnstable Gate-
way Program, this time at
Barnstable High School. A
silent auction is part of the
evening's fare. For tickets
($10; $5 for ages 5 to 17;
others free), call 508-420-
6104.... This sounds like fun:
Cape Dance Theater at Cape
Cod CommunityCollege will
present "dances inand out of
fashion"in aprogram called
Hand-Me-Downs May 5and 6
at 8p.m.inthe college'sStu-
dio Theater. Clogs, shawls
and homemade afghans
play supporting roles. For
ticket information, call 508-
375-4044.... Enjoy a turtle
tutorial May 7 (aka Turtle
Day) from 1to 4 p.m. at the
Green Briar Nature Center
inEast Sandwich....And it's
Older Americans Month in
May.The Barnstable Senior
Center gets things started
May 4 at 1:30 p,m, with a
talk by Veterans for Peace,
followed at 3:30 p.m. with a
presentation by artists and
actors from Cotuit Center
for the Arts
All but one request approved in WBFD
Firefighters will
have to get fit on
their own
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatriot.com
DAVID STILL II PHOTO
HATSOFF-Carl Syriala (right) will retire as the West Barnstable Fiore
District'streasurerafter 15yearsof serviceonJuly1.ChiefJoeMaruca
presented him with a 'custom' made helmet as a show of appreciation
fromthe department. District moderator and long-time former member
of the prudential committee Dan Mullen said that Syriala and hisfamily
had served the district well for more than 50 years.
Votersgaveallgreenlightsat
Wednesday'sWest Barnstable
Fire District annualmeeting,
except for a $7,000 "fitness"
request from the fire depart-
ment.
About 45 voters took an
hour and 40 minutes to move
through the 16-article war-
rant,pausing occasionallyfor
discussion. In all, $1,163,265
was approved for next year's
spending plan.
Withinthe fire department's
$747,900 request was a new
$7,000 "fitness " line item,
which drew questions and
then comments.
"Wehave anumber of issues
with regard to the physical
fitness of our staff,"Fire Chief
Joe Maruca said, adding that
the department has "had
some people hospitalized."
He said fitness can be a
problem for those who sit
at a desk all day and then
are called in for sometimes
strenuous duty. Maruca said
that the money would allow
department members to work
with a professional trainer
who would "cajole and track"
department members and
their progress.
"I'm not saying this will
do miracles for us, but it's a
start." Maruca said.
Voters had another
thought.
"I don't think it'sfair to pay
to have a guy stay in shape,"
said resident Matt Ostrowski.
"They should do it on their
own."
That followed a similar sen-
timent from John Loughnane,
who said wherever he worked,
"All of us were expected to
be in certain condition to
perform our duties."
An amendment was first of-
fered to reduce the amount to
$1,000 and limit it to the pur-
chase of fitness equipment ,
but that was then reduced
to zero,which was approved ,
although not unanimously.
The department's overall
request of $747,900 would
have increased spending
by 15 percent. Some of that
can be attributed to new
expenses, such as $18,000 in
new dispatching and $7,900
for uniforms and tuition and
travel reimbursements,but a
majority came in the call and
career firefighter expenses.
Across all lines, includ-
ing overtime , the depart-
ment sought and received a
$100,500 increase in person-
nel costs.
John Ladner asked wheth-
er the 15 percent increase
this year, which is on top of
a significant increase last
year to move the depart-
ment to 24/7 staffing, could
be expected in next year and
into the future.
"Are we going to see 15
percent a year from here
on out? Because some of us
can't support it," another
resident said.
The answer from pruden-
tial committee member John
Brennan was "no."
He said that the increases
this year were calculated
based on afullyear of 24-hour
coverage at the station, in-
cluding contractual amounts
for callcoverage and overtime.
Also, there are two sets of
raises built into the amount,
one 3 percent raise negoti-
ated for the current year and
an unspecified amount to
cover the contract still under
negotiation.
The district also approved
$115,000 for anew roof on the
fire station. That is a high-
er than expected estimate
based on new information
provided to the district Mon-
day. Along with replacing
the red cedar shingles with
longer-lasting asphalt , there
are some structuralproblems
that need to be corrected.
Brennan said that the full
amount may not be needed ,
but the request reflects the
higher end of estimates.
Voters approved a new
by-law requiring residents
with automatic alarms, both
fire and emergency medical,
to install a key box on the
side of their homes to allow
fire department access if
it trips. Also approved was
a clarification on the age
requirement for fire depart-
ment employees,limiting the
age-65 restriction to those on
the firefighting force.
Election Results
In the annual election, in-
cumbent prudential com-
mittee member Ken Morey
retained his position with 51
votes to the 36 garnered byhis
opponent,Michael Grossman,
a COMM firefighter and for-
mer member of the district's
staffingcommittee.At the end
ofthe meeting,Morey thanked
voters for their support ,refer-
encingthe sometimes difficult
times in his first term and
looking forward to three more
years of service.
Water Commission chair-
man Mark Nelson was re-
elected with 39 votes.
Nelson spoke earlier in the
meeting as the annual report
of the water commissioners
was amended. He offered
the amendment in part to
respond to Town Council
President Hank Farnham's
last column in this paper,
in which he questioned the
status ofpublic water in West
Barnstable.
The two main points ,
fleshed out in a page and
a half of text, were that the
water commission had taken
"proactive steps " to provide
for a potential water supply
in the future and that the
commission does not believe
public water for the village is
appropriate at this time.
In his comments to the
meeting, Nelson said that the
cost to bring public water to
the villagewouldruninto "mil-
lions of dollars"and there isno
threat to the individual.
The amended report was
approved unanimously.
In a single-article special
meeting within the regular
meeting, $20,000 was trans-
ferred from existing accounts
to cover unanticipated ex-
penses this year. Brennan
explained that the search for
the chief and the district's
share of the new-to-the-dis-
trict "quint" multi-purpose
fire truck approved last year
cameinhigherthan expected.
The prudential committee
tapped the district's reserve
account and the request was
to restore that fund. It was-
approved unanimously.
Appointments on next agenda
The town council will vote on three new members for
the Barnstable Economic Development Commission at its
meeting Thursday.
The names of Deborah Krau of Hyannis, chair of the
water department advisory board; former town councilor
and ex-BEDC chairman Roy Richardson of Centerville; and
businessmanLou Gonzaga of Hyannis,aperennial candidate
for state and national office , are on the docket.
Also up for votes are the reappointments of Gene Bur-
man to the licensing authority and Gail Nighingale to the
zoning board of appeals.
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