Folsom City Council votes to save firefighter jobs amid $3 million budget deficit

The Folsom City Council voted Tuesday night to save firefighter jobs as the city faces a $3 million budget deficit.

The council had been discussing whether to close down a station and cut 10 firefighter vacancies that were set to be filled at the end of the month.

City Manager Bryan Whitemyer said that a solution to the budget hole could have been passing Measure G, which would’ve added one cent to the sales tax and brought in about $29 million annually. However, it didn’t pass, so Whitemyer said that the city has to consider making cuts to get back in the green…

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