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Salary Increases Considered for Fire Captains, Assistant Chiefs

At the Mid-Door Fire Department’s annual meeting, members of the Ephraim, Gibraltar and Baileys Harbor volunteer fire departments met with the town chairs of those three municipalities. The discussion resulted in a suggested $250 yearly salary increase for fire captains and a $500 yearly salary increase for assistant chiefs. 

Fire chiefs’ salaries are reviewed for a potential pay increase every two years, with 2022 being an off year. But the fire captains, who receive $1,000 per year, had not been reviewed for a pay increase for five years.

In order for the increases to be implemented, all three municipalities would need to approve them. The Baileys Harbor Town Board made that move during its Aug. 8 meeting by approving the increases in the town’s 2023 budget.