FREE • THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023
VOLUME 10, NO. 55
PLANT CITY COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS NEXT FISCAL YEAR’S BUDGET/MILLAGE RATE Plant City commissioners also approve purchase of professional development training for supervisory staff and a radar message sign.
MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
City commissioners convened this week at their bimonthly meeting at City Hall to discuss and pass several resolutions affecting the function of the city government. Commissioners authorized the city manager to advise Hillsborough County’s property appraiser of the city’s
proposed millage rate, of its rolled back rate and of the date, time and place at which a public hearing will be held to consider the proposed millage rate and the tentative budget for next fi cal year. According to the Certifi ation of Taxable Value document sent to the city by the property appraiser’s office,
the city saw a $380 million increase in taxable value of real, personal and centrally assessed property, which may generate $2.177 million in ad valorem tax revenue for the city.
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PLANT CITY FIRE RESCUE AND PASCO COUNTY FIRE RESCUE Interim Fire Chief Timothy Mossgrove HONOR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC Steers Department While City
PATRICK DUDKIEWICZ
Offici s Search For New Fire Chief
FOR HEROIC LIFESAVING ACTS AT GYM
MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
MICHELLE CACERES STAFF WRITER
After saving the lives of two gym-goers in one week at CrossFit Plant City, Pasco County Firefigh er Paramedic Patrick Dudkiewicz was honored for his outstanding performance and quick thinking at a surprise event this week. Both incidents occurred at CrossFit Plant City, where Dudkiewicz was off-duty and working out. In attendance at the event were the two people he saved- Patti Storch and Richard Mau- whom he hadn’t
seen since the two fateful days he performed lifesaving techniques on them. On May 25, Dudkiewicz sprang into action when Patti Storch suffered a cardiac arrest. He performed CPR and applied an AED while Plant City Fire Rescue arrived to continue care and transport her to South Florida Baptist Hospital.
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Plant City is looking for a new fi e chief following the resignation of Fire Chief David Burnett, who retired in May. Burnett started his career with Plant City Fire Rescue in 2007 and was promoted chief in July 2018. While city officials earch for a new chief, Timothy Mossgrove was named Interim Fire Chief. “When Chief Burnett retired and the city manager asked me to step in to the role I told him I’d do it to help the department continue moving forward and to provide the best service to the citizens of Plant City,” he said. “It helps that I have a great team around me, I give much credit to the administrative staff and all the boo s on the ground.”
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