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Riviera Beach council debates fire department leadership structure; investigation separate from recruitment, officials say
Summary
Riviera Beach council members discussed proposed changes to the fire department leadership Aug. 19, and staff said an ongoing personnel investigation is separate from any recruitment or promotion timeline.
Riviera Beach council members discussed proposed changes to emergency‑services leadership Aug. 19, raising concerns about consistency between police and fire department hierarchies and the effect of an ongoing personnel investigation on promotions.
City Manager Jonathan Evans told the council the question before members was whether the city should adopt a more linear police‑style chain of command (chief → deputy chief → assistant chief) or the alternative proposed for fire, which would create two assistant chiefs with parity rather than a deputy and an assistant. Evans warned the board to avoid personnel discussions in public while an investigation remains open and said, if the council reconfigures…
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