Over a year since three surplus station properties were identified for sale, the Nevada County Consolidated Fire District is getting close to completing transactions. Deputy Chief Jerry Funk says the stations…on Ridge, East Lime Kiln, and Quaker Hill Cross Roads…have not been staffed for at least ten years. He says that’s due to a variety of reasons, including consolidations, annexations, and new and more-efficient stations being built…

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If the county approves re-zoning for commercial, residential, and agriculture storage in the next month or so, Funk hopes the transfer to new owners can take place in July. He says that would bring in around 600-thousand dollars for facilities improvements…

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Funk says Nevada County Consolidated still has other surplus station properties, but there are no plans to sell them at this time.