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County: Layoffs only the beginning
Butler County commissioners continued cutting jobs Thursday, announcing nine layoffs in Job and Family Services and the elimination of 20 positions. Here’s the story.
As often happens in this business, the story was trimmed for length. Here are the paragraphs that didn’t make it in the paper:
Some of these programs are already underfunded, (Job and Family Services Deputy Director Jerome) Kearns said, and more cuts will eventually impact service delivery.
“The needs of our community are going to go higher, but the state is reducing our allocation,” said County Commissioner Gregory Jolivette.
This follows an announcement in September that 10.5 positions will be cut in Children Services, 5.5 through layoffs. And the county is still mulling whether to hire an outside agency to scour the county budget for more staff cuts.
Here are the positions that are being laid off:
And here’s where a lot of this began. If you look at the blog entries around this date, you will see the full context of the debate back then on how county employees are paid.
Do you think the layoffs are the right course of action?
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