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Fire chief put on paid leave; FOIA request filed

Birmingham City Manager Jana Ecker, effective Thursday, July 17, put Birmingham Fire Chief Paul Walls on paid administrative leave.In an email announcing the leave, sent to city commissioners and department heads, Ecker said that Matthew Bartalino, assistant fire chief, would serve as interim fire chief, “pending further investigation.”Ecker also wrote, “This decision was not made lightly, but was necessary in light of my responsibility to ensur…
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downtownpublications.com broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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