No city budget that requires police department layoffs will pass, City Council members insist.
“That’s a nonstarter,” said Councilman Peter Murphy. “That’s absolutely out of the question.”
Councilman Russell Gilbert agreed.
“I don’t think my colleagues would let that happen,” he said.
Instead, cuts to “nonessential” departments should be considered to balance the 2010-11 budget, Councilwoman Pam Ladd said.