CITY OF HOUSTON Sylvester Turner

 

 

Mayor

 

PO. Box 1562

Houston, Texas 77251 -1 562

T. (832) 393?1011


April 3, 2019

Mr. Patrick "Marty? Lancton
President, HPFFA, IAFF Local 341
1907 Freeman Street

Houston, TX 77009

Re: Prop Preposal
Dear Marty:

On March 27, 2019, I wrote to make clear the City?s proposal to implement Prop over
five years. That proposal would enable the cadets to be sworn in and avoid layoffs of firefighters
and municipal employees. IAFF Local 341 has apparently rejected that proposal. Again, I do
not want to lay off anyone, but since PrOp comes without a funding source, the City must
balance its budget by the end of June and layoffs are necessary to achieve that result. Although
the 5-year proposal was rejected, I understand that you and IAFF Local 341 are now willing to
consider a four~year phase in of Prop B.

Therefore, I propose below that Prop be implemented over less than 4 years. The
chart that follows reflects the incremental and cumulative costs the City would incur.
Implementation of this 3 1/2 year proposal would require some layoffs, but significantly fewer
than would be required with immediate implementation of Prop B. Spreading the costs will be in
the best interest of all Houstonians.

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Controiier: Chris Brown