by Sarah Williams 
Houston City Council on Wednesday officially switched the 220 fireman cutbacks and many downgrades it affirmed not long ago, making official Mayor Sylvester Turner’s promise not to lay off or downgrade any firemen in the result of a judge’s deciding that Proposition B is illegal.
Under the watchful eye of a state region judge tossed out Prop B, the voter-endorsed contract change conceded firemen a similar pay as police of comparing rank and position. Turner cautioned that Prop B would expect cutbacks to balance the expense of the raises, a point fervently questioned by the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association. City board casted a ballot in April to send firemen 60-day cutback sees, which the board collectively repealed Wednesday.
The committee likewise casted a ballot to turn around in excess of 400 downgrades inside the Houston Fire Department. The cutback notification had gone to the most minimal positioning firemen, at first requiring the city to fill in those situations starting from the top through downgrades.
“This returns everything the way it existed preceding that vote,” Turner said.
The city likewise had sent cutback notification to 47 civil representatives, however Turner previously had cancelled those singularly on the grounds that those cutbacks did not require chamber endorsement.
Councilman Dwight Boykins inquired as to whether the cutback inversion would effect Fire Chief Sam Peña’s proposed division rebuilding, which would move HFD from a four-move to three-move model — a move the association contradicts. Turner affirmed that Wednesday’s vote doesn’t matter to the proposed move change.