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The City of Toronto will eliminate four fire trucks and cut 84 firefighters if a budget passed by the city’s executive committee wins approval from city council.

City staff had recommended cutting five trucks and 105 firefighters, but the executive committee on Wednesday voted 7-4 to “add $2-million to maintain an existing truck.”

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Mayor Rob Ford voted against saving the fire truck, as did Councillors Frank di Giorgio, Denzil Minnan-Wong and Peter Milczyn.

The recommended budget would leave Toronto with 123 fire trucks in 82 fire stations. It now goes to council for a final decision.

Jim Sales, the fire chief, said the changes will not affect fire response times. He said that in the past year five of the city’s trucks were out of service on any given day, due to firefighters who call in sick.

“Before Christmas, firefighters failed to show up for work in droves,” he said. “We had 13 fewer trucks on the road.”