{"id":73559,"date":"2026-03-23T22:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=73559"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:25:53","slug":"batavia-council-discusses-county-backed-plan-to-staff-town-and-village-fire-halls-with-city-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/batavia-council-discusses-county-backed-plan-to-staff-town-and-village-fire-halls-with-city-firefighters\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Council discusses county backed plan to staff town and village fire halls with City firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/py_j8cKN3VI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>VIDEO OF MEETINGS-<\/strong> <strong><em>March 23, 2026-City resident John Roach speaks to City Council about a proposed plan to staff town and village fire halls with paid City firefighters. The plan was revealed during a recent GAM meeting according to Roach. According to City Manager Rachael Tabelski, on March 31st there will be a Volunteer Fire Service Staffing Information meeting held at GCC to present the plan.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to City Council Conference Meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_03232026-1008\">https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_03232026-1008<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to City Council Special Business Meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_03232026-1007\">https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_03232026-1007<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO OF MEETINGS- March 23, 2026-City resident John Roach speaks to City Council about a proposed plan to staff town and village fire halls with paid City firefighters. The plan was revealed during a recent GAM meeting according to Roach. According to City Manager Rachael Tabelski, on March 31st there \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/batavia-council-discusses-county-backed-plan-to-staff-town-and-village-fire-halls-with-city-firefighters\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4705],"tags":[5699],"class_list":["post-73559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-of-batavia","tag-batavia-city-council-meetings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-j8r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75971,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/genesee-county-batavia-city-council-special-conference-and-business-meeting-june-8th-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":73559,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia City Council Special Conference and Business Meeting\/June 8th, 2026","author":"aka","date":"June 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zzDQIxuNcU8?si=EeuMVPx6RcrKhAC0 Video of meetings-June 8th, 2026 BATAVIA CITY COUNCILSPECIAL CONFERENCE MEETINGCity Hall - Council Board RoomOne Batavia City CentreMonday, June 8, 20265:30 PM AGENDAI. 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