With no apparent resolution to labor negotiations aimed at scaring up extra money, the City of Tacoma plans to move ahead with an unpopular plan to reduce fire department service in the Proctor district and on the East Side this week.
Fire Chief Jim Duggan said Friday that changes at Station 13 in Proctor and Station 15 on the East Side – among the cuts dealt the department by a $63 million city budget shortfall – will take effect Tuesday. The closure of the city’s only fire station in the Port of Tacoma, also part of the city’s budget plan, will happen after the Murray Morgan Bridge reopens in the coming weeks.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2013/01/06/cuts-to-two-tacoma-fire-stations-to-take-effect-tuesday/
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