Meeker’s Board of Trustees approved a $1,500 donation to the Meeker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department to support the annual fireworks display.
In the early years, the fire department went door-to-door asking for private donations. “Whatever we got, that’s what we were able to spend,” said Fire Chief Luke Pelloni.
Today the department budgets for the display, which averages $8,000. They’ve started setting aside some fireworks for the Christmas parade downtown.
Trustee Melissa Kindall had…