Skaneateles board endorses fire department changes

SKANEATELES -- The Skaneateles Village Board of Trustees agreed on Monday to endorse a revision to the Skaneateles Fire Department's by-laws that will reduce the number of line officers in the department.

Trustee Sue Jones said the department wants to make the changes because it has too many leaders and not enough followers.

The department's president, Kathy Murphy and Fire Chief Eric Sell, who asked the village to endorse the changes, previously said 55 percent of their active members were officers.