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million, or 18 reduction in the office’s budget by July 1, counth clerk Sharon Bock said in a news The cuts are expectedto “significantly impact service levels at the Clerk’s seven Palm Beach County locations,” she noted in the The required staff cuts leavde the office with fewer people to pursue and collect millions of dollar in unpaid traffic and court fees, which will lead to more budgert cuts. “It’s a vicious cycle designe d to underfund us into she said.
Thirty-two employees accepted a buyout offer this monthu and will leave June 30 with a full payoutg on theirsick leave, rather than the normal 25 percent to 50 percent offered under current terminationb policies. On May 29, an addition 34 employee were told during staff meetings that they were beingtlaid off, effective June 12. They will receive four weeks of pay. With thesee layoffs and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 positione -- 16 percent of management positions and 12 percent of hourlt positions -- in the past The Clerk & Comptroller’s which employs more than 800 in officesa throughout Palm Beach County, handles the businesss arm of the court system.
Employeexs receive, file and retrieve court documents, procesds fees and traffic fines, and enter and maintaih case information inthe court’a computer system.