5-15-2024 1:33am

Saline Fire Board Hastily Schedules Special Meeting for Wednesday Morning

The Saline Area Fire Board has hastily scheduled a special meeting for 10 a.m., Wednesday at Saline City Hall in the conference room.

According to a public notice, the board will consider a request to go into closed session to discuss a written legal opinion of counsel.

The move comes as multiple sources have told The Saline Post that City of Saline Mayor Brian Marl has been quietly campaigning for the ouster of Fire Chief Jason Sperle. Attempts to reach Marl Tuesday were unsuccessful.

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Libby Williams Neighbor

5-15-2024 7:42am

Fire Chief Sperle was the one to correctly point out that the downtown festivals should not be held in the parking lot behind Benny’s due to fire risk (including a history of fire in that area). Considering the city’s attempts to put a community meeting space downtown, this seems incredibly concerning.

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DB Girbach Neighbor

5-15-2024 9:34am

Please note, the fire chief’s legitimate concerns were in regards to closing and blocking South Ann Arbor Street, not the parking lot.

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Libby Williams Neighbor

6-03-2024 9:39am

Isn’t south a2 closed when the parking lot is closed for the festivities?

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Toby Crotty Neighbor

5-15-2024 4:52pm

Yet more secrecy and deception from Saline City Council and Government. Council and city management continue to do as they please with no regard to public safety or opinion. They are railroading the Fire Department just like they did to SPD. Saline city government is ignoring citizens safety due to their personal agendas! Vote for change Saline. Purge city council. And start at the top! Marl.

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Toby Crotty Neighbor

5-15-2024 5:52pm

Just watched the video. Marl and his cronies formed a lynch mob to hang our Fire Chief. We must as a city stand up to this corrupt mayor and council. “No comment, no comment..what are you hiding Marl??? Saline government is completely corrupt .

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Odie Mitchell Neighbor

5-15-2024 4:56pm

I totally back our fire chief. Old buildings and no safety access has always been a poor idea and we finally have a chief that’s more interested in citizens safety than downtown parties

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Toby Crotty Neighbor

5-15-2024 5:59pm

Closed doors and hidden agendas. Council members trying to block the doors?? WTH??? What are you trying to pull off here Marl ?
I SMELL SOMETHING REALLY BAD AND FOR ONCE IT’S NOT THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT!