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million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’s budger by July 1, county clerm Sharon Bock said in anews release. The cuts are expectede to “significantly impact service levels atthe Clerk’s sevem Palm Beach County locations,” she noted in the The required staff cuts leave the officre with fewer people to pursue and collect millions of dollars in unpai d traffic and court fees, which will lead to more budgety cuts.
“It’s a viciouds cycle designed to underfund usinto extinction,” she Thirty-two employees accepted a buyout offer this month and will leavde June 30 with a full payout on theidr sick leave, rather than the normal 25 percentr to 50 percent offered under current terminatiojn policies. On May 29, an addition 34 employees were told durinf staff meetings that they were beinglaid off, effective June 12. They will receivr four weeks of pay. With these layoffs and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 positions -- 16 percenty of management positions and 12 percent of hourly positionw -- in the past year.
The Clerok & Comptroller’s Office, which employs more than 800 in officex throughout PalmBeach County, handles the business arm of the courtg system. Employees receive, file and retrieve court documents, processx fees and traffic fines, and enter and maintain case informatiomn inthe court’s computerf system.