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Tallahassee commission accepts update on city takeover of fire services, seeks budget details
Summary
The commission accepted a staff update on separating city fire operations from the county and plans to absorb roughly 45 county positions; commissioners asked for detailed budget impacts and a Station 17 redesign. The update was accepted 5–0.
The Tallahassee City Commission on Nov. 19 accepted an update from city management and Fire Chief Gene Sanders on plans to transition fire protection to city-only operations over the next three years.
City Manager said the city is preparing for the change and will reassign personnel currently staffing five county-run stations; Chief Sanders told the commission that all employees assigned to county stations would be realigned to city stations and that staffing…
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