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It is not every day that an action by town officials is greeted with applause.

Last Tuesday was one of those days.

That’s when in-person audience members attending the April 12 town council hybrid meeting at Maple Hall put their hands together to support the panel’s decision to hire Aaron Reinstra for a new paid dual fire chief-code enforcement officer position.

The post will pay $56,160 annually.

“This is one of the best moves for the community we’ve seen in a long time,” Mayor Ramon Hayes said following the unanimous 4-0 council vote to create the position and fill it with R...