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Garden Grove city leaders are considering merging their fire department with the Orange County Fire Authority, a move aimed at cutting costs as the city faces a growing budget crisis and discusses a possible sales tax increase.
Jeremy Broadwater, son of former Mayor Bruce Broadwater, is seeking $1 million in damages for what he claims was retaliation and harassment following his hiring in 2013.
The Fullerton City Council this week narrowly approved a 9 percent raise over two years for the city’s firefighters, with accusations of hypocrisy and pandering accompanying the vote.
The City Council approved a two-year contract with the firefighters’ union that boosts cafeteria and employee education benefits.
A proposed law to reduce the number of board members at the Orange County Fire Authority is being pushed by the agency’s main firefighters union, but also raising concerns that South County cities would have their representation unfairly reduced.
Under public and fire union pressure, Garden Grove City Council asks for consultant’s Fire Department findings in writing.
The concessions would help reduce an estimated $30-million
deficit in the next fiscal year budget.