I am writing to urge you to reconsider the decision to cut police and fire services and to vote to reverse those cuts when the budget returns to the Council on October 20. I understand the City faces a serious budget deficit of about $7 to $8 million. No one is suggesting that the problem can be ignored. Difficult decisions must be made. However, cutting public safety should not be the first solution considered. It should be the last. According to Council Member Tenessa Audet