Redondo council decides against county, keeps city fire department
by Garth Meyer The Redondo Beach city council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to keep its city fire department, concluding a six-year process, putting to rest the question of whether contracting with the L.A. County Fire Department would be better financially for the city, if not other reasons too. The vote also tasks city committees with exploration of a bond to improve fire stations. Public input May 21 on the city vs. county matter went heavily toward the city department – as it did in a previous hearing in April – while some echoed a call from City Councilman Nils Nehrenheim to form a committee to study the matter further before a decision is made. “We just want to be supported,” City fire/paramedics union president Kenny Campos told the council, “There is a financial cost to that in the form of fire stations, updated rigs… We don’t want to be forgotten like we have in the past.” Campos also reported that department morale “is in a much better spot” since this process began in 2018. “We’ve been put on the front burner. I definitely think there are strides to be made that have been identified,” he said. A month ago, the city council took in a presentation on the third study of the…
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