Richard Kerbel Quotations

There has been an effort made and some people do know that it's being scrutinized. It has helped that everybody knows that this is being looked at.

Directing a portion of the settlement funds towards the town's groundwater resources at Saw Mill Pond would greatly benefit North Kingstown's groundwater resource.

It takes 16 weeks to train a firefighter. I'm concerned that we'll have people on the department who are not fully trained. Unless we start hiring, we'll never get to what Matrix is recommending.

Not only do we have to combat overtime use but we also have 19 members of the department eligible for retirement. We've had bulk retirements in the past. This year there are four who are going to make some move in the next six to eight months.

I'm not happy having to discuss these changes with these people. These are very tough decisions to make for me.