Salinas City Council to vote on about 40 layoff notices tonight (The Salinas Californian)

About 40 city employees will receive layoff notices by March 15 if the Salinas City Council approves its latest budget-balancing plan tonight, City Finance Director Tom Kever said. The city’s budget revisions will go on through June, when the council must pass its next budget and somehow erase a deficit projected at $10.3 million. Layoffs won’t be final until then, but the city first has to meet …