Council advances St. Albans Fire Department DROP ordinance and adopts mutual-aid agreement

The Canal County Council held a public hearing on an ordinance to establish a deferred retirement option plan (DROP) for the St. Albans Fire Department and later moved the ordinance forward after confirming no members of the public had signed up to speak.

Mayor J opened the hearing on the DROP ordinance; the transcript records no public testimony during the hearing. Council proceeded through the agenda and, after ordinance readings and a public-notice statement, the council adopted the ordinance by voice vote.

Separately, the council approved a resolution supporting the Canal County safety limit and adopted a mutual-aid agreement with the city of St. Albans Police Department and the city of Nitro Police Department. Council asked if there were questions for Chief Bass on the mutual-aid agreement; no substantive discussion was recorded before the council voted to adopt the agreement.

The meeting minutes show the council followed normal procedure for ordinance readings and public notice. The DROP ordinance was the subject of the earlier public hearing and the council confirmed the hearing record contained no public remarks before moving to adopt.