A meeting to discuss the plan to close a Lafayette fire station (Fire Station 16) is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at the Lafayette Veterans Memorial Building, 3780 Mount Diablo Boulevard.
The closures of this and three other stations are planned to take effect Tuesday, Jan. 15.
ConFire Chief Daryl Louder is due at the meeting as well as county supervisors and city representatives.
On Dec. 11, after nearly six hours of testimony, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to close four stations under the auspices of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, including ones in Clayton, Martinez and Walnut Creek. The plan is for de-staffing Clayton down to six hours of service a day, with shared equipment.
"The closures are necessary to close a budget deficit due to reduced revenues from declining property taxes, coupled with increasing costs to the Fire District for personnel and general operations," according to a notice on the ConFire news blog.
