The Johnston mayor is scheduled to host his counterparts from East Providence and North Providence at a noontime press conference today.
Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena is scheduled to hold a press conference at noon today to address the wide disparity between the rescue runs that the town sent into Providence over the past year and the number that Providence provided to Johnston. According to Polisena, the Johnston Fire Department responded to nearly 500 calls in Providence — yet crews from the capitol city assisted Johnston just 23 times. "Johnston taxpayers can no longer afford to subsidize the city of Providence," Polisena said on May 30. At the time, Polisena and the Mayors of East Providence and North Providence announced that they had requested a $500-per-run reimbursement from Providence, and given Mayor Angel Taveras a 30-day deadline to respond. Polisena also …
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The mayor has asked the city of Providence to refund Johnston for each rescue run into the capital city.
Providing mutual rescue aid to Providence is taking Johnston rescue squads out of the town too often, "somewhat jeopardizing" Johnston residents, according to Mayor Joseph Polisena. The mayor has joined his counterparts from North Providence and East Providence in telling the capital city they can no longer send their emergency medical technicians and fire rescue trucks to Providence without reimbursement. Polisena has for $500 per rescue run into the city, which would come either from the patient's medical insurance or the city of Providence itself. "We're just looking to be compensated. I think $500 is more than fair," Polisena said. "They claim they have no money. But we have no money. Johnston taxpayers can no longer afford to …
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Peter A. Filippi III
9:36 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Recently our pro-union-oppressive taxation mayor, via closing his eyes to the endless disgraceful provisions in the contracts that are bleeding taxpayers dry, said the runs had cost $1,000 in which he was partially right. The question here is why so much? The average daily salary for a “unionized” Johnston firefighter is $288. However when you include Longevity bonuses, 12% pension contributions … more ›