Colorado Springs voters rejected a proposed property tax increase (2C) Tuesday.

The city says without the money from 2C, and with a major shortfall hanging over the 2010 budget, many cuts will have to be made. Those may include most of the city parks department, dozens of police officers and firefighters. Now, it's just a waiting game for many to find out if they'll keep their jobs.

"City Council is going to have the final decision and that will happen next week,” said President of the Colorado Springs Professional Fire Fighters Association Mike Smaldino. “What our proposed cuts are is both of our medical squads and one of our truck companies. That equals the 22 people being laid off," he said.

Smaldino says he will spend some time putting everything on the table, looking at the staffing model just in case cuts are made. "Kind of the feeling around here is, what do we do now? Where do we go with it?"

Those who were against 2C from the beginning still believe the city's idea of cutting city services was just a scare tactic for the successful passage of 2C.

Either way, Smaldino says he does not feel voters were against him and his department. He feels there was confusion and concern over the way 2C was worded on the ballot.