Three months after placing embattled Jackson County Fire District 5 Chief Charles Hanley on leave, district board members on Tuesday night voted to terminate his contract.

Board Chair Greg Costanzo and board members Derek Volkart, John Karns and Chris Luz voted in favor of the motion. Board member Sam Pare-Miller was absent.

Tuesday’s board decision marks the latest in a wave of administrative changes to the district since February, when International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2596 declared a loss of confidence in Hanley over allegations the chief had tolerated and participated in bullying and harassment of district employees.

Costanzo, a retired Oregon State Police bomb technician and owner of ETHOS Training Academy in Phoenix, and two other board members — Karns, chief of the Medford airport fire department, and Chris Luz, the former Phoenix mayor — were appointed to the District 5 board in April after three board members resigned en masse.

The new board, in addition to placing Hanley on leave in early May, has navigated a slew of issues, from budgetary concerns and staffing shortages to a pair of internal investigations.

One of the investigations was initiated May 15 with a board decision to investigate union complaints pertaining to Hanley’s alleged bullying and harassment. District officials say an earlier investigation, conducted in 2022 but discontinued just prior to completion, is being revisited.

Hanley has repeatedly declined to respond to the Rogue Valley Times’ requests for comment.