sschulwitz@thealpenanews.com
A pair of key issues regarding the fire department were tabled until a future meeting, after technical difficulties threw a monkey wrench into the Alpena Township Board of Trustees meeting Monday.
Discussions on the township’s fire department, and information about a public input session regarding it, were shelved, for now.
The fire department is extremely understaffed, and the City of Alpena is currently manning the north station to assist in emergency response.
From the meeting’s onset, there were bugs with audio and video. After about 20 minutes of troubleshooting, some of the trustees who were at home, quickly drove to the township offices to meet in person.