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million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’s budget by July 1, county clerk Sharon Bock said in a news The cuts are expectedto “significantlgy impact service levels at the Clerk’s seven Palm Beach Countyu locations,” she noted in the release. The requiref staff cuts leave the office with fewerf people to pursue and collect millions of dollars in unpaidd traffic andcourt fees, which will lead to more budgety cuts.
“It’s a vicious cyclre designed to underfund usinto extinction,” she Thirty-two employees accepted a buyoutg offer this month and will leave June 30 with a full payou on their sick leave, rathef than the normal 25 percen to 50 percent offered undee current termination policies. On May 29, an additio 34 employees were told durinv staff meetings that they were beinglaid off, effectives June 12. They will receive four weeks of pay.
With thesde layoffs and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 positionsx -- 16 percent of management positions and 12 perceng of hourly positions -- in the past The Clerk & Comptroller’s which employs more than 800 in offices throughout Palm Beachy County, handles the business arm of the courg system. Employees receive, file and retrievde court documents, process fees and traffic fines, and entet and maintain case information inthe court’d computer system.