Thursday, November 4, 2010

Palm Beach County clerk cuts 66 employees - Business First of Louisville:

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million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’s budgegt by July 1, countyg clerk Sharon Bock said in anews release. The cuts are expectee to “significantly impact service levels atthe Clerk’s seveb Palm Beach County locations,” she noted in the release. The requiredd staff cuts leave the office with fewerf people to pursue and collect million s of dollars in unpaid traffic andcourf fees, which will lead to more budget “It’s a vicious cycle designed to underfun us into extinction,” she said.
Thirty-twk employees accepted a buyout offer this month and will leave June 30 with a full payoutr on theirsick leave, rather than the normal 25 percent to 50 percentt offered under current termination policies. On May 29, an additionj 34 employees were told during staf meetings that they were beinglaid off, effective June 12. They will receive four weeksa of pay. With these layoffz and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 positionds -- 16 percent of management positions and 12 percent of hourlyt positions -- in the past year. The Clerk & Comptroller’s which employs more than 800 in officees throughout Palm Beach handles the business arm of thecourf system.
Employees receive, file and retrieve court documents, proceses fees and traffic fines, and enter and maintain case information inthe court’s computetr system.

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