Calling it a “great day for Sacramento,” Mayor Kevin Johnson came out of a special session of the Sacramento City Council to announce that council members had approved a last-minute deal with city firefighters.
Sixty-eight firefighter positions would have been affected either through layoffs or demotions if a deal had not been reached. At the final hour, firefighters proposed a salary freeze with no cost of living increases for the next 30 months.
The city council agreed to the proposal in closed session, guaranteeing there would be no layoffs for the next year.
However, Johnson said council members did not want to “over celebrate” because it is still up to union members to ratify the agreement.
Voting should take place Thursday and Friday.
The layoffs would have taken place July 3, just at the start of the Fourth of July weekend, one of the busiest times of the year for firefighters.
by Jonathan Mumm
News10/KXTV
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