The Jacksonville City Council began discussing the budgets for the fire department and the sheriff's office.
The Jacksonville City Council began debating how your tax dollars are going to be spent. On Thursday, they took up two top priorities, the fire department and the sheriff’s office. Each department is asking for more financial help, and it looks like they’re going to get it.– The Jacksonville City Council began debating how your tax dollars are going to be spent. On Thursday, they took up two top priorities, the fire department and the sheriff’s office.
Nearly $2 billion will be divided up among city departments and agencies. The city is looking to spend nearly $450 million for fire and rescue protection. With new fire stations being built and others opening, there are 132 new positions, and those people have to be paid. Jacksonville Fire Chief, Keith Powers, told News4JAX that he’s getting what he wanted. “The mayor and her staff funded exactly what we needed to keep this community safe. We have to look forward, project forward in our budgets, we’ve projected forward in the CIP you’ll see some stations that are projected out to deal with the growth that’s going to be occurring on the Westside in the very near future. So we have everything we need to keep this community safe.
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