CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (WROC) — Tuesday's Canandaigua City Council board meeting was intended to be a budget workshop but quickly became a conversation regarding public safety. Specifically, the number of firefighters staffed after four firefighters had to battle a fire at a home by themselves. A 98-year-old man died after the fire. ‘The ache is deep’: Man who died after being rescued from Canandaigua fire identified Tuesday's meeting began with a moment of silence for 98-year-old Saverio Campagna. Campagna died in a fire on Jefferson Avenue Saturday. One of the firefighters who went inside campagna's house recalled what happened. "I was acting captain, because we didn't have a captain. We didn't have a chief; we didn't have a deputy chief. It was just me, my fire truck, and my partner," he said. "Stefania is out here losing her mind, and she sees me, and I know Stefania, and she's yelling at me 'My dad is in the kitchen.' and I am yelling back 'I am trying to do my job.' but I had to be captain and be deputy in that moment." Stefania is the daughter of Mr. Campagna. Loved ones told News 8 she had been taking care of her father for some time. In a statement to social media Saturday, the Canandaigua Firefighters' Union said "We have warned the City Council and manager of the ever real and present dangers our community faces with this lack of staffing." Canandaigua fire union outraged over staffing, city responds The City of Canandaigua is currently working on its 2025 budget. Tuesday, the board did straw votes on whether the budget should contain funding to staff two additional firefighters as well as conduct a study on public safety on how many firefighters the department will need to add moving forward. "To spend, what, three quarters of what a firefighter would be, or almost the budget for the deputy chief, on another survey, I think, is a waste of money. My frustration is that we've been talking about this and day by day, blow by blow, it's what happened Saturday," City of Canandaigua Mayor Bob Palumbo said. Community members also voiced concerns about a lack of firefighters and called on City Council to hire more. "It's incredibly upsetting to know that we have such an amazing community, and you've lost a beautiful life because of your lack of willingness to put the money where it counts," resident Eric Wendorff said. The straw votes casted Tuesday by the board on the budget will be passed onto the town supervisor who will then present the board with a final budget to vote on.