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AVENAL, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The City of Avenal approved its declaration with Kings County, which volition let region firefighters to proceed serving the city.
The declaration was approved during a assembly gathering connected Monday evening. The declaration volition tally done 2028 and volition effect successful a full wide money interaction of astir $3.8 cardinal successful nonstop payments to the county.
The quality follows contention surrounding metropolis officials aft they considered terminating the city's declaration with the Kings County Fire Department and launching its ain volunteer-based occurrence department.
The metropolis said the thought follows accrued costs of region occurrence services, which would jump from $450,000 successful fiscal twelvemonth 2024/2025 to implicit $1 million.
The connection was met with pushback from assemblage members to the constituent that it became 1 of the reasons wherefore immoderate started to collect signatures to callback the city's Mayor Alvaro Preciado and 3 metropolis assembly members.
The declaration volition beryllium sent backmost to the Kings County Board of Supervisors with the mayor's signature to beryllium signed by Chairman Doug Verboon.
