The city council voted Tuesday to immediately implement procedures to rein in operating costs for the less than three months left in Patterson’s fiscal year, and then plans to lay off nine workers beginning July 1. City officials say the measures are necessary to address sharply declining revenues. Mayor Rodney Grogan called a special meeting to discuss recommendations to fix a projected shortfall in revenues for Patterson’s fiscal year ending June 30. The city had a $7.2 million budget for this fiscal year, and Grogan said Tuesday that the city was facing a $600,000 deficit for the rest of the fiscal year if ...