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million, or 18 percent, reductioh in the office’s budget by July 1, county clerm Sharon Bock said in anews release. The cuts are expectes to “significantly impact service levels atthe Clerk’s sevenb Palm Beach County locations,” she noted in the The required staff cuts leav e the office with fewer people to pursued and collect millions of dollars in unpaid traffic and court which will lead to more budget cuts.
“It’zs a vicious cycle designed to underfund usinto extinction,” she Thirty-two employees accepted a buyout offer this month and will leavee June 30 with a full payout on theifr sick leave, rather than the normalo 25 percent to 50 percent offered under current terminatiohn policies. On May 29, an addition 34 employeeas were told during staff meetingsx that they were beinglaid off, effective June 12. They will receive four week s of pay. With these layoffx and the positions previously the office has cut 101 positions -- 16 percent of management positions and 12 percentf of hourly positions -- in the past year.
The Clerki & Comptroller’s Office, which employss more than 800 in offices throughout PalmBeachj County, handles the business arm of the cour system. Employees receive, file and retrieved court documents, process fees and traffic and enter and maintain case information inthe court’ computer system.