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Old 09-11-2023, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki View Post
Not sure what really happened with the Independent Fire Commission vote (i.e. would we be in the situation if that vote passed, what were the real facts, etc).
But this is a disaster. I am sure some of this is positioning.

“Sumter County Fire Chief Rob Hanson said he would need to lay off 30 firefighters and nix plans to hire 27 more employees to overcome a $12 million hole in his $24.2-million budget. VPSD Fire Chief Brian Twiss said he would lose 57 new positions planned in his $34.5-million budget.

Last week, American Medical Response (AMR) announced it was pulling its staff and three ambulances from Sumter County due to the budget cuts. AMR, a national private company that provided ambulance service before the two fire departments took it over, will continue to lease four ambulances to Sumter County. The company had a three-year contract to aid the transition to a fully county-operated service.“
This problem and the answers to the problem are as clear as mud. Too much overlap in services. We have a Lady Lake adress(per the post office), live in The Villages and are barely in Sumter Couty. Lake and Marion County are < 1 mile away. Let each county have jurisdiction on Fire and Police services.