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OSSIPEE — Carroll County Superior Court Judge Steven Houran has granted a motion for reconsideration
by Professional Fire Fighters of Wolfeboro of his decision of Jan. 4 affirming the Town of Wolfeboro’s decision to rescind recognition of the firefighters union. The decision to reconsider was made on Feb. 11. The hearing on the motion is scheduled for Thursday, March 31 at 9 a.m. at the Carroll County Courthouse in Ossipee. Time allotted for the hearing is 30 minutes. Having come to an impasse in contract negotiations, the Wolfeboro Board of Selectmen voted on Aug. 4 to rescind recognition of Professional Fire Fighters of
Wolfeboro IAFF Local 3708 with the assertion that the original Town Meeting vote in 2002 did not refer to the proper state law and thus did not authorize a union of fewer than 10 members (the Wolfeboro union has nine members). The firefighters won a temporary injunction on Sept. 27 blocking the town from making the union members town employees. Judge Houran’s Jan. 4 decision ended that injunction. For a presentation on how this dispute between the town and the firefighters evolved from the firefighters point of view, please see article "Wolfeboro firefighters tell their side of the story".
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