"In my post, I said from what I've heard, which is completely accurate. We were told the merger has been put on hold, here are the issues that's going on, they're trying to protect the firefighters and families, which makes sense," Young said."I don't know if these are rumors of the three people who told me because they would be in the know and what I've been told, all three of the stories were the same," said Young.
Wayne Township leaders say they haven't begun negotiations, which is forecasted to be a very long and complicated process. "The finances are the next step before we can talk about personnel or any other issues, or transitions of any kind. We have to get the numbers together and that process will start in the next couple weeks," said Wayne Township spokesperson Jeff Harris.In two separate emails sent to firefighters and staff, Township Trustee Jeb Bardon said,"We are still very much in a fact-finding mode and no decisions have been made on anything, period.
"A lot of people are putting the cart before the horse. We've had some conversations with the city as far as getting a better understanding on processes, procedures, staffing levels, inventory, equipment and in the next couple weeks we hope to sit down with city leaders to start hammering out the finances and to make sure this works for all sides," Harris said.