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[email protected] SEVENTY FIVE CENTS Westfield Council Hears Finance Report; Honors Rescue Squad By LAUREN S. BARR mittee met with both the police and Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad Specially Written for The Westfield Leader fire chiefs, and will be meeting with was given a proclamation com- WESTFIELD – During Tuesday the head of the Public Works De- memorating March in its honor and night’s Westfield Town Council partment shortly. Councilman Della encouraging residents to support meeting, Councilman Sam Della Fera said he expects the budget to the all-volunteer organization. In Fera reported that the finance com- be completed in the next few weeks. 2012 the squad answered 2,510 mittee met on both Saturday and Acting Mayor JoAnn Neylan emergency calls and volunteers Tuesday and has now prepared a praised Councilman Della Fera say- gave more than 30,000 combined rough draft of the 2013 budget. ing that he has, “guided the ship in hours. The squad receives no tax- “This year is shaping up to be a the roughest of seas” and that “you payer funds for their operations. lot less of a challenge than years have done just as well, if not bet- “The town truly cherishes the vol- past,” Councilman Della Fera said. ter,” than past chairs of the finance unteer work you do,” Acting Mayor “We’re in very good shape.” committee.