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Article 20 continues. j . I - Chief Priestly: If we have a priority one rescue, two men respond. , they tone in for two additional men to come into the station. Sheldon Hamblin: I would like to clarify some statements made in the- paper, They stated we needed a mutual aid ambulance 5 times last year. In the past foul months we have had a total of 432 rescue calls. We have had ' to call ih . surroun& ing Towns 26 times. 17 from Cotuit and Cotuit has asked for us twice. Falmouth has two anct is going for a third. If we stick with one we are going to be going to Falmouth for more. Cotuit and Falmouth are going to get tired of handing ' us mutual. aid all of 'the time. And they have discussed charging. As far as ,;manning;,thQ st-'lon. goes , I also have those figures. Pertaining to calls for ', galls for mutual aid, seven times there was not someone at the station to : handle a third call. That means we had a first rescue call, a second rescue call that was covered by manpower in the station and there was no one to cover a third call. Four times when we have had one rescue call, there was not sufficLe.ttmanpower to cover the second call when it came in. Mr Malone: Point of information. I am a firefighter and trained UNIT among other things. When they talk about back-toback calls, I am the one running back and. forth between the doors. We all have the trainin in the department. On those 26 times, I -was in on twenty of them. At two O' clock in the morning and that hotline is ringing to a heart attack victim and you are responding with another roan in a pick-up truck, and an ambulance with a life support system hung-up with a broken ankle somewhere, it is a damn sobering experience. You have the experience and you have the training; we need the ambulance and we are looking at putting a little money a year towards a capital expenditure. We are ProP9s4:n€ r. ' we buy it first and pay for it over five years. I thinx this motion should carried as it is. E Moderator reread motion. All in favor say aye; opposed no. r Motion carries, we will take a hand vote. f The vote is unanimous The. Moderator read Article 21 Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and annrooriate or to take from available funds $1, 412 for Police Educational Incentive account per the current police-town agreement, or take any other action thereon. Submitted by Chief Of Police . Finance Committee recommends approval. Chief Frye: I move the town vote to appropriate and transfer from available Revenue Sharing funds $1, 412 to the Police Education Incentive account to pay of educational incentive pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement between the town and the Mashpee Police Officers Association. -'Motion seconded Moderator All in favor say aye; opposed no n carries E: