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Council approves park cuts, shifts community policing funds to cover $50,000 emergency-lighting request
Summary
Emergency services asked for $50,000 to outfit town vehicles with alert lighting and related equipment. Council supported reallocating part of the community-policing budget to finance the request while directing staff to monitor public-safety impacts.
Lede Fort Myers Beach emergency-services leaders asked the Town Council for $50,000 to equip town vehicles with emergency/alert lighting and related equipment; council members agreed to fund the request by reducing a community-policing line item and reallocating budget savings.
Nut graf The request was framed as a public-safety measure that will allow town personnel to respond more effectively at accident scenes, during special events and in other critical incidents. Council and staff said the equipment also supports a broader plan to increase the town’s capacity to…
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