Tough times for Tacoma - NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA |

TACOMA, Wash. -The Tacoma City Council has cut more than 200 jobs.

The council's new $397 million budget also closes a fire station at the port, cuts library hours and leaves non-essential street repairs unfixed.

Drivers will have to pay $20 more for vehicle license tabs.

Under the two-year spending plan, about 100 city workers will retire, the city will lay off about 70, and about 50 vacant positions will vanish.