The City of Tacoma has a budget problem; its expenses are higher than its revenue. That means the city has a projected structural deficit of $24 million for the 2025-26 biennial budget.
Staff and city council members have been working to balance that, and one thing they’re proposing cutting has a lot of community members upset.
One idea to lessen that deficit is to cut 16 rover positions that the Tacoma Fire Department implemented last year to respond to more employee leave.
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