Another special meeting of the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District Board called for Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 25, ended with “no reportable action” out of a closed session … but the Fire Chief said he was ‘dismissed’ later that night. The board met in a 1:30 p.m. session at the board room in Riverbank and, despite an outpouring of support for the chief at the meeting, indications are that the chief has been placed on leave and given a termination date of Nov. 25. “I was humbled by the turn out at the two meetings they hastily threw together and attempted to remove me from my position,” Weigele wrote in an email sent out to a number of firefighting colleagues, city, county and legislative officials early Thursday morning.
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