{"id":61813,"date":"2026-01-27T02:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=61813"},"modified":"2026-01-27T02:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:33:46","slug":"notice-of-impact-bargaining-between-the-city-of-lakeland-and-lakeland-professional-firefighters-local-4173","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/01\/27\/notice-of-impact-bargaining-between-the-city-of-lakeland-and-lakeland-professional-firefighters-local-4173\/","title":{"rendered":"NOTICE OF IMPACT BARGAINING BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAKELAND AND LAKELAND PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 4173"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"a09a97\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a09a97;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/download-3-4.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61814 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Impact bargaining between designated representatives for the City of Lakeland and the Lakeland Professional Firefighters, Local 4173, regarding terms and conditions of employment will be held:<br><br><strong>When:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, January 30, 2026 | 1:30 pm &#8211; 3:00 pm<br><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0City Commission Conference Room<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 City Hall &#8211; 3rd Floor<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 228 S. Massachusetts Ave., Lakeland, FL 33801<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public notice of this meeting is provided pursuant to section 447.605(2) and section 286.11, Florida Statutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statute, persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to participate in these proceedings, or those requiring language assistance (free of charge) should contact the City of Lakeland ADA Specialist, Kristin Meador.&nbsp; Because providing a reasonable accommodation may require outside assistance, organizations, or resources, the City asks that any request be made with as much notice as possible, preferably 72 hours, but no later than 48 hours in advance of the event, at: (863) 834-8444, Email: ADASpecialist@lakelandgov.net.&nbsp; If hearing impaired, please contact the TDD numbers: Local \u2013 (863) 834-8333 or 1-(800) 955-8771 (TDD \u2013 Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) or the Florida Relay Service number: 1-(800) 955-8770 (VOICE), for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impact bargaining between designated representatives for the City of Lakeland and the Lakeland Professional Firefighters, Local 4173, regarding terms and conditions of employment will be held: When:\u00a0Friday, January 30, 2026&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL2Rvd25sb2FkLTMtNC53ZWJwP2ZpdD0yNzUlMkMxODMmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJOT1RJQ0UgT0YgSU1QQUNUIEJBUkdBSU5JTkcgQkVUV0VFTiBUSEUgQ0lUWSBPRiBMQUtFTEFORCBBTkQgTEFLRUxBTkQgUFJPRkVTU0lPTkFMIEZJUkVGSUdIVEVSUywgTE9DQUwgNDE3MyIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiaGlnaHdheSIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.zZ2jw9zj_y3tJQPiMVXsbfTnogQ6yeJlYtwamcjDrtcMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":61814,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/download-3-4.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[7591],"tags":[13380,13379],"class_list":["post-61813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-of-lakeland","tag-local-4173","tag-notice-of-impact-bargaining-between-the-city-of-lakeland-and-lakeland-professional-firefighters"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61815,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61813\/revisions\/61815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}