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City officials prefer longer fire services agreement
County commissioners present city with 5-year proposal
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Officials representing the City of Statesboro say Bulloch County Commissioners’ proposal this week to renew a fire service agreement is a start, but doesn’t go far enough. On Tuesday, the commission agreed to submit for consideration a five-year agreement regarding fire services provided by the Statesboro Fire Department to residents living in areas just outside the city limits — an area referred to as the five-mile fire district, because county residents living within a five mile radius of a Statesboro fire station are served by the city. Statesboro officials say the new agreement, to its credit, closely resembles past contracts — that have been amenable for both parties — but feel the plan does not stretch far enough into the future.
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