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million, or 18 percent, reductiojn in the office’s budget by July 1, countt clerk Sharon Bock said in a news The cuts are expectedto “significantly impacgt service levels at the Clerk’s seven Palm Beacy County locations,” she noted in the The required staff cuts leave the officde with fewer people to pursu and collect millions of dollarse in unpaid traffic and court which will lead to more budget “It’s a vicious cycle designed to underfund us into extinction,” she said.
Thirty-two employee accepted a buyout offer this month and will leave June 30 with a full payour on theirsick leave, rather than the normal 25 percentg to 50 percent offered under current terminationn policies. On May 29, an additionh 34 employees were told during staff meetingws that they were beinglaid off, effective June 12. They will receivee four weeks of pay. With these layoffs and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 positionsx -- 16 percent of management positionse and 12 percent of hourly positions -- in the past year.
The Clerm & Comptroller’s Office, which employds more than 800 in offices throughout PalmBeach County, handlesw the business arm of the court Employees receive, file and retrievs court documents, process fees and trafficv fines, and enter and maintain case informatiomn in the court’s computer system.