The Hollister City Council this week declined to allow the Hollister Fire Department to apply for a federally-funded grant program that would pay a portion of firefighters' salaries before expiring in three years, which the council said could set up another scenario in which firefighters would have to be laid off.
In other action, the council did approve a resolution authorizing the fire department to apply for the 2017 Assistance to Firefighters Grant that would help purchase a Type 3 fire engine and the fund the purchase of shipping containers for live, controlled fire training.