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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 “significantly impact service levelsx at the Clerk’s seven Palm Beacb County locations,” she noted in the release. The required staff cuts leave the office with fewer peopl e to pursue and collect millions of dollarw in unpaid traffic and court which will lead to morebudget cuts.
“It’w a vicious cycle designecd to underfund usinto extinction,” she Thirty-two employees accepted a buyout offer this montj and will leave June 30 with a full payoutt on their sick leave, rathedr than the normal 25 percent to 50 percen t offered under current termination policies. On May 29, an additiom 34 employees were told during staff meetings that they were beinblaid off, effective June 12. They will receiv four weeks of pay.
With thesee layoffs and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 position s -- 16 percent of management positions and 12 percent of hourlyt positions -- in the past The Clerk & Comptroller’s which employs more than 800 in offices throughout Palm Beachb County, handles the business arm of the court system. Employee receive, file and retrieve cour t documents, process fees and traffic fines, and entee and maintain case information inthe court’x computer system.