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s <br />of the Steering Committee for the feasibility study of <br />establishing a Florida Tourism Association on Thursday, <br />September 7, 1989, at the Tampa Airport in the offices <br />of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. <br />REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION OF FIRE PROTECTION IN THE COUNTY <br />Hal Richman came before the Board to discuss the following <br />items: <br />COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER ,, 1989 <br />Request for discussion: <br />1., General fire protection throughout the county/present <br />proposals. <br />2. South County Fire Chief position/north county volunteer <br />chiefs. <br />3. The assignment of paid firefighters in the north county. <br />I <br />Mr. Richman advised that he lives in Sebastian and some are <br />concerned over the fire protection setup due to past actions of <br />the Commission and one of the major proposals on hand now. He <br />felt that over the last few years several decisions of the <br />Commission have been detrimental to the fire protection system <br />and consequently to the citizens, and a case in point is the <br />South District Fire Chief's position. The Commission recently <br />put that position (a full time, professional, career position in <br />charge of a full time, professional, career, multi -staff fire <br />station with about 100 employees) in the same category as a part <br />time volunteer department in one of the North County companies. <br />This was done by putting it under the Emergency Management <br />Director's position, which was never intended to be one that <br />would have daily operational functions. Mr. Richman stated that <br />the Commission got that position into the fire service through <br />the back door, <br />so to speak, when the <br />Commission <br />decided, <br />and <br />SES <br />� ���� <br />17 <br />I��kOF <br />r_ <br />i iF'4G;. <br />lo <br />