The crux of the dispute has centered on insurance coverage while special fire police work paid details. In those instances, the township has said that its workers' compensation insurance can't cover the special fire police.

Previously the force said that it would be too expensive to obtain its own insurance coverage. A new price quote — significantly lower than the original $8,000 figure — could make it more feasible for the special fire police to obtain added coverage, however.

Supervisor Bryan Gembusia, a member of the personnel and finance committee, says that the new numbers make it easier for the township to assist the force financially.

"The community interests as well as those of the Special Fire Police members and their families have been the utmost concern throughout this process," she says.

The township told the special fire police in the spring that the force would no longer be covered by the township's workers' compensation insurance when working paid details.

The Boiling Springs VFW cancelled its annual Halloween parade in October, saying that it could not afford to cover the special fire police's insurance costs for the event. The township put on a substitute event on trails South Middleton Park.

Gembusia says that the meetings between the parties, mediated by former Supervisor Duff Manweiler, gave the township and the special fire police a chance to rebuild their relationship.

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