Less than eight months after the Nevada County Consolidated Fire District pleaded with voters to pass a tax measure to keep vital services, the board agreed to restore salary step increases and other benefits to its firefighters. During the November meeting of the seven-member district board, the directors in attendance voted 4 to 1 (with John Leonard dissenting) to authorize an agreement between the district and classified employees to restore concessions made in July 2011. Directors Mark Bass and David Hanson were not in attendance. Rank and file firefighters will once again be eligible for step salary increases and holiday …