City Manager replies to fire union

Interim City Manager Mark Weinberg said on the telephone that the fire union was not accurate in its assertion today that he tried to change the city's concessions deal with association.

"It's a real mischaracterization to say that we're trying to change the terms," he said.

Weinberg said he had negotiated "deal points" with the union, and the current dispute relates to how those deal points were being translated into contract language. He declined to be quoted on specifics.