Three firefighters will face layoffs and three lieutenants will see their rank reduced to firefighter if a maintenance-and-operations levy fails with voters in November, Port Ludlow Fire and Rescue officials said Thursday. The amount of the property tax levy will be determined at a commissioners meeting at 7 p.m. July 9 at Fire Station 31, 7650 Oak Bay Road. “We only get one shot at this,” said Chief Brad Martin. “We don’t want to ask for too much because it might not get passed, and we don’t want to ask for too little because we’ll come up short again.” Martin said the district is facing a shortfall of between $400,000 and $500,000. In preparation for the levy, the district has scheduled two open houses to hear concerns from community members about fire commissioners’ intentions to place the levy request on the November ballot.

  • Source: peninsula daily news
  • Published: 05/24/2013 12:00 AM

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