Fire Chief To Get $150K, Keep Title In Changeover

June 15, 2007 New Mexico - Bernalillo County's decision to put a former union leader in charge of the Fire Department is going to be expensive. The county has agreed to pay $150,000 to longtime Fire Chief Bett Clark, according to a settlement obtained by the Journal. In return, she will accept a change in her job duties. She keeps the title of "chief" but is no longer in charge of running the department. The county last month appointted John Garcia -- a former president of the firefighters union ...