Friday afternoon, Essex Superior Court ordered Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk to request sufficient funding for the minimum staffing provision of the collective bargaining agreement.  This ruling came as a result of a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by Sandulli Grace, PC Partner Bryan C. Decker, on behalf of Gloucester Firefighters Local 762, AFL-CIO.  Judge John T. Lu ordered Mayor Kirk to seek funding from City Council from the Fiscal Year 2010 budget, scheduled to be voted upon June 16, 2009.

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