Scenes from last night's city council meeting
By JESSICA YORK
Vallejo Times-Herald
"The Vallejo City Council voted 5 to 2 late Tuesday night for a controversial and heavily debated deal that will mean fewer cops on the streets, but also could save millions for the bankrupt city.
The vote followed a presentation from a city negotiating team -- including City Manager Joe Tanner -- that unanimously backed the new contract with the Vallejo Police Officers Assn. The deal, which rank-and-file officers okayed over the weekend also calls for the union to withdraw its opposition to the city's bankruptcy actionc filed last May.
Opposing the deal were longtime public safety union critics, Council members Stephanie Gomes and Joanne Schivley. They objected to the deal as not going far enough to erase the city's deficit, and also that its provision for a two-year contract extension."
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Photographs sent to POLICEPAY by Robert Schussel. Robert spoke out last night at the city council meeting against the agreement. POLICEPAY supports the agreement.
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