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million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’s budget by July 1, countg clerk Sharon Bock said in a news The cuts are expectedto “significantlt impact service levels at the Clerk’s sevej Palm Beach County locations,” she notec in the release. The required staffr cuts leave the office with fewere people to pursue and collect millions of dollards in unpaid traffic andcourtr fees, which will lead to more budger cuts. “It’s a vicious cycle designexd to underfund usinto extinction,” she said.
Thirty-two employees acceptefd a buyout offer this monthn and will leave June 30 with a full payou on theirsick leave, rather than the normal 25 percen t to 50 percent offered under curreny termination policies. On May 29, an addition 34 employeews were told during staff meetings that they were beinflaid off, effective June 12. They will receive four weekse of pay. With these layoffs and the positionspreviouslyg eliminated, the office has cut 101 positiond -- 16 percent of management positions and 12 percent of hourly positions -- in the past The Clerk & Comptroller’s Office, which employs more than 800 in officews throughout Palm Beach County, handles the business arm of the court Employees receive, file and retrieve court process fees and traffic fines, and ente r and maintain case information in the court’w computer system.