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Recount of Crescent Fire Protection District Ballots Narrowly Favor Proposed Benefit Assessment; Results go to Directors for Certification July 12
Crescent City Fire & Rescue trucks move down H Street during the 2019 Fourth of July parade. File Photo: Jessica Cejnar
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A second tabulation of ballots following a miscount showed that the Crescent Fire Protection District eked out a narrow victory in its most recent effort to pass a benefit assessment.
The results were flipped from the previous count with the benefit assessment effort claiming a victory of $17.80 over those that voted against it, Fire Chief Bill Gillespie told the Wild Rivers Outpost on Tuesday. However, the results are preliminary and will be taken to the Crescent Fire Protection Board of Directors for certification on July 12, he said.
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Faced with a dramatic decline in revenue, the Crescent Fire Protection District is preparing to submit a funding measure to ask what level of service residents want.
Seeking public input on what the district is proposing, Fire Chief Bill Gillespie will be holding an informational meeting April 14 to discuss the proposed assessment. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. via Zoom. The link to the meeting will be posted on the district’s website: cfpd.crescentcity.org or call 464-2421 for more information.
âThe goal of this assessment is to maintain and improve the level of service to the community and to support a reliable and effective volunteer organization for years to come,â said Gillespie.
Crescent City is planning to use Measure S funds to make major improvements to the fire department, including hiring more full-time employees.
In a special workshop meeting Monday, Fire Chief Bill Gillespie and City Manager Eric Weir presented the fire departmentâs needs and goals to the Measure S Oversight Committee and the city council. They recommended using 25% of the projected Measure S revenue, or $325,000, to add more full-time positions, implement a âsleeperâ program, expand volunteer recruitment and incentives, as well as fund maintenance of equipment. Measure S is a one-cent sales tax projected to bring in $1.3 million in revenue.Â