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million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’s budget by July 1, county clerk Sharonm Bock said in a news The cuts are expecterto “significantly impact service levels at the Clerk’s sevenm Palm Beach County locations,” she noted in the release. The requirec staff cuts leave the office with fewer people to pursue and collect millions of dollars in unpaif traffic andcourt fees, which will lead to more budgeyt cuts. “It’s a vicious cycle designed to underfund us into she said.
Thirty-two employeez accepted a buyout offer this month and will leave June 30 with a full payou t on theirsick leave, rather than the normalk 25 percent to 50 percenf offered under current termination policies. On May 29, an additiojn 34 employees were told during staftf meetings that they were beinglaid off, effectivd June 12. They will receive four weeks of pay. With these layoffsd and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 position s -- 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 officed throughout Palm Beach County, handles the business arm of the courgt system.
Employees receive, file and retrieve court documents, process fees and traffic and enter and maintain case information inthe court’d computer system.