At last week’s Tabernacle Township Committee meeting, the first public hearing was held for an ordinance that would officially designate Tabernacle Township Fire Company №1 as the volunteer firefighting organization of Tabernacle.
The second reading of the ordinance will be held during the next township committee meeting on Oct. 26.
Paperwork was already completed before the state in December to dissolve the Medford Farms Fire Company, which filled the role of the previous fire company for Tabernacle.
“That ordinance was passed in December and that appointed the Tabernacle Fire Company as our firefighting organization. We just need to pass a resolution that matched that of the previous fire company when they were instated,” Township Administrator Doug Cramer said.
Deputy Mayor Richard Franzen and Committeeman Stephen Lee IV sat down with the Tabernacle Fire Company and hammered out an agreement that everyone was happy with, according to Cramer.
“We knew we needed a facility use agreement. We both got what we needed and a feel for what both sides were looking for,” Cramer said.
As stated on its website, the Tabernacle Fire Company is dedicated to serving the residents of Tabernacle Township and surrounding communities. Its primary response area is Tabernacle Township and the 7,000 residents within, but the group is often called upon to assist within surrounding communities as well.
The group is a 100 percent volunteer, non-profit organization, and it provides fire and rescue services to the community 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
There are a handful of members from the old Medford Farms Fire Company who have transitioned to the Tabernacle Fire Company.
“We’re excited about the makeup of new and old members that we have in this fire company,” Cramer said. “We look forward to the cooperation.”
In other news:
• Raffling licenses were granted to both the Church of the Holy Eucharist and the Seneca Eagles Band Parents Association.
• Bids were authorized to be sent out for both dump trucks with a plow, sander and spray system that were a part of the renovations the township passed to be completed in the 2015 capital bond request and the 2015 scope of work.
