City grapples with funding police and fire departments

Mickey Starling  reporter3@greenepublishing.com The Madison City Commission met on Tuesday, July 8, facing a familiar challenge: how to keep quality employees in the fire and police departments. Both departments regularly face employee shortages, as many transfer to nearby communities offering better salaries. Mayor Byron Poore voiced his familiar concerns with the fire department. “For me, it’s a workload issue,” said Poore. “The fire department averages 1.3 calls a day, and m