Troy firefighters have raised concerns as RPI and city officials continue discussions about the Institute’s paying additional public safety costs the city says it faces from the campus expansion.
Capt. David Paul, president of Troy Uniformed Firefighters Association Local 86, said the union wants to talk to RPI about its findings from touring the campus earlier this summer.
“We were told that RPI would not meet with us. They would meet with the city to discuss issues of public safety,” Paul said to the Times Union.
Firefighters are worried about having enough people to staff the fire station, which is adjacent to the RPI campus.
In June, the city raised the possibility of RPI paying the city up to $1.26 million annually through a public safety fee to underwrite additional police, fire and ambulance services the city will provide the campus as it grows.
“It’s just general discussion. Nobody’s come forward with a specific proposal,” according to RPI Media Relations Manager Jason Gorss.
