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Volunteer lifeguards want public to vote on dispute

The Jacksonville Beach lifeguard station.
News4Jax
The Jacksonville Beach lifeguard station.

The Volunteer Life Saving Corps wants voters to decide who can access the lifeguard station at Jacksonville Beach.

The issue goes back to earlier this year when the Corps was locked out of the building and its contract was terminated. It was a major controversy for the Jacksonville Beach area.

Negotiations had been underway when tensions came to a head and the city cut ties with the group in April, after an investigation by the Department of Labor found city lifeguards couldn’t be paid some days and then volunteer for others.

Read the rest of this story at WJCT News partner News4Jax.