Deferral of 10 firefighter positions, station “brown out” among options to be weighed at Tuesday City Council meeting
A proposal from Folsom City Manager Bryan Whitemyer will go before the City Council Tuesday night that could delay the hiring of 10 new firefighter-paramedics just weeks before their scheduled start date, citing a looming $3 million operational deficit in the city’s general fund.
The deferral, outlined in a staff report included in the July 8 council meeting agenda, recommends adoption of Resolution, which would pause the onboarding of firefighters scheduled to begin employment on July 21. Conditional offers have already been extended as part of an ongoing recruitment process to fill long-standing vacancies within the Folsom Fire Department…