The News4Jax ITEAM is getting a better idea of what it will cost taxpayers if the Volunteer Life Saving Corps is dissolved — something the city of Jacksonville Beach is now considering.
The Corps has recruited and trained the ocean rescue lifeguards who have patrolled Jacksonville Beach for 110 years.by the Department of Labor last year, which revealed problems with an agreement between the city of Jacksonville Beach and the Life Saving Corps as it relates to the number of hours lifeguards work and volunteer. As a result, the city of Jacksonville Beach said it can no longer allow the same lifeguards who are paid to also volunteer.
Staffopoulos continued, “These three services had previously been provided by the VLSC . Through an initial meeting with the VLSC in December 2021, the city conveyed that it would be assuming these three activities going forward, and that a proposal for continued relationship with the VLSC would be considered, provided the proposal did not overlap with those three activities.”
“Many don’t know we volunteer, and we volunteer on the busiest days of the year, holidays, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day, the beaches are very, very packed,” he explained. “We put 22 towers out on those days, which is almost twice what the city does during the week. That will be a huge financial impact on the city, taxpayers and citizens.”
The Corps said it can save this money and still continue its mission as a mentor to future civic leaders and volunteer leaders of our community, if the city will allow it to recruit a different group of lifeguards who will not work on the payroll, but will be trained and certified by the Corps and only work in the capacity as volunteers on Sundays and holidays.The Corps has presented three proposals to the city. The first two were rejected.
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