City management was not yet ready to comment at 5 p.m. Monday on the local firefighters’ union's latest proposal on pay and layoffs.

Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522 has pitched a new proposal to put salary increases on hold for the next 30 months if the city will guarantee no layoffs throughout that period of time, said Local 522 spokeswoman Robin Swanson.

Swanson described the proposal as “inherently fair" and said it would bring more than $10 million in savings to the city.

Acting city spokeswoman Wendy Klock-Johnson did not have an update Monday afternoon on the city’s reaction to the union’s proposal.

City managers and firefighters resumed negotiations after firefighters voted down a deal Friday. In the vetoed deal, firefighters would have not received a 5 percent cost-of-living increase scheduled for July. The nixed deal featured a 1 percent pay increase for firefighters in July 2010 and a 2 percent increase in 2011.

Kathleen Haley is a staff reporter for The Sacramento Press.