Lehigh Acres Fire Dept -- The Good / Bad and the Ugly

The Lehigh Acres Fire District, a special taxing district, was created by a special act of the Florida Legislation in 1963. Its charter may be amended only by special act of the legislature. The governing authority of the District is a board composed of five members elected from residents of the District. During the past 4 decades we have been a part of the many advances in fire and life safety in our region.

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Saturday, August 19, 2006

Here we go again!!!! ---- Raises sought for Lehigh fire officials

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Excerpt form News Press story ----

Raises sought for Lehigh fire officials
District looks to spend 36 percent more next year

"We're gonna set the benchmark. We want to be the Metro-Dade of the west coast," Haas said. "Lehigh's gonna be another Fort Lauderdale in 10 years."

Four of the five commissioners are firefighters in other districts, and three belong to the same union as Lehigh firefighters.

"They're just spreading money like it's water," Harold Doidge, 71, said. "This is taxpayers' money."

He said the board needs more civilians. "It's just out of hand," Doidge said.

Last year commissioners came under criticism for approving raises of up to 26 percent for administrative staff.

This year, Chief Don Adams wants to give the administration an across-the-board 7 percent raise and add a new assistant chief to head up the administration for a starting salary of $104,000.

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