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Commission accepts legal analysis on fire department transfer; declines to send question to charter review committee
Summary
The Leon County Board accepted a county attorney legal analysis concluding the Florida Constitution requires joint city-county resolutions and a dual referendum to transfer the Tallahassee Fire Department to the county; the board voted not to send the question to the Citizen Charter Review Committee.
The Leon County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 14 accepted a legal analysis finding that a full transfer of the Tallahassee Fire Department to the county would trigger Article 8, Section 4 of the Florida Constitution and thus require both the City and the County to adopt resolutions and for voters in each jurisdiction to approve the transfer in a dual referendum.
The county attorney told commissioners, “staff is recommending that the board accept the legal analysis, but not advance this issue to the Leon County Citizen Charter Review Committee.” The board…
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