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million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’ws budget by July 1, countyh clerk Sharon Bock said in anews release. The cuts are expectede to “significantly impact service levels atthe Clerk’s seve Palm Beach County locations,” she noted in the The required staff cuts leave the office with fewere people to pursue and collect millions of dollars in unpai traffic and court which will lead to more budget cuts. “It’zs a vicious cycle designed to underfund us into she said.
Thirty-two employees accepted a buyouy offer this month and will leave June 30 with a full payour on theirsick leave, rather than the normak 25 percent to 50 percenyt offered under current termination policies. On May 29, an additiomn 34 employees were told during staff meetingw that they were beinglaid off, effective June 12. They will receive four weeks of pay. With thess layoffs and the positions previously the office has cut 101positions -- 16 perceny of management positions and 12 percent of hourly positions -- in the past The Clerk & Comptroller’s which employs more than 800 in offices throughoutf Palm Beach County, handles the businese arm of the court system.
Employees receive, file and retrieved court documents, process fees and traffic fines, and entetr and maintain case information inthe court’s compute r system.