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Banked this history fire-chief record, stated as a succession test; post-April 2025 minutes as residue
No succession of Lakeville's fire chiefs can be built from the reached record — what stands is a surname in the current minutes, an unnamed officer before him, and a volunteer's name the aggregators promote past its evidence — and the article prints all three at their strengths. The current record: the township advisory board minutes of 11 February 2025 and April 2025 name a Chief Willett — surname only, no forename in any carrier reached — reporting the fire service's monthly runs to the board; he is the chief of record for 2025 at surname strength. Before him, the April 2025 minutes presuppose, without naming, the office's continuity; no predecessor chief is named in any carrier reached, and the territory-era department's earlier chiefs stand in no roster reached. The conflict prints whole, as banked: an aggregator record names a George Schafer as chief, while a 2000 press item places a George Schafer as a volunteer member of the department, and a candidate of the same name stood for the township board in 2026 — three records, one surname in a township of Schafer families, and the build subordinates the aggregator's promotion and does not merge the identities. The residue stands expressly: the township and fire-territory rosters and the post-April 2025 minutes are the settlers for a chiefs succession, and the office prints, until they are read, as Willett (2025, surname only) preceded by silence.