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SALINAS, Calif.- The latest round of pay cuts in Salinas are aimed directly at the city's fire department.
The Salinas Firefighters Association and the Firefighters Supervisor Association are in negotiations with the city, which is facing a more than $12 million budget deficit. In the last few months, Salinas police bargaining groups agreed to pay cuts.
City council members met with the firefighter bargaining groups Tuesday night in a closed session. Salinas City Manager Artie Fields released few details Tuesday about the negotiations, only saying they are asking firefighters for a 7.5 percent cut in salary and benefits. Fields said they're looking at different proposals. He said the city is hoping to save about $900,000 or a $1 million with this concession.
Fields said layoffs could also be a possibility because everything is still on the table at this point, but adds that he is "optimistic about finding a solution that both benefits the city and the labor groups."
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