The Sacramento City Council could cut 46 filled positions and slash nearly 100 vacant jobs to balance a $1.7 billion budget, according to a proposal released Wednesday. A round of layoffs could hit City Hall for the first time in more than a decade.
Each of the city’s departments scrutinized its spending to find cost-savings as the city faced a budget gap for the third consecutive year. The City Council for months has heard proposals to trim spending and close a $66.2 million budget deficit.
City Manager Maraskeshia Smith listened to those strategies and released her recommendations Wednesday for the City Council to consider for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1…