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During the completion of the
budget adoption process in late March the Board established
a budget and directed the staff to prepare budget reductions
to correspond with the funding available for the FY 2009
budget. At the final budget work session cuts of 1.5% were
to be made to a number of departmental budgets with more
specific reductions required of the Community Development
and Parks and Recreation departments.
Since that time, County
Administration has worked with Department Heads to achieve
these cuts in a manner that would create the possibility
that these reductions might also be required in the FY 2010
budget. Toward that end, an attempt has been made to make
program changes and budget revisions that are sustainable in
future years.
Attached is a summary of the budget reductions
totaling $770,249. Approximately 58% of the cuts are from
Personnel line items. Eight positions have been eliminated
or defunded, and hours were reduced impacting positions in
ten different departments. A summary of the personnel
changes is shown on the attachment.
In order to implement this
plan a reduction in the workforce is required and it is
recommended that a severance package be approved consistent
with existing personnel policies for the impacted
positions.
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