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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 impacf service levels at the Clerk’as seven Palm Beach County she noted in the release. The required staff cuts leave the office with fewer people to pursue and collec t millions of dollars in unpair traffic and court which will lead to morebudget “It’s a vicious cycle designef to underfund us into extinction,” she said.
Thirty-tw o employees accepted a buyout offert this month and will leave June 30 with a full payout on theirsick leave, rather than the normal 25 percent to 50 percenft offered under current termination policies. On May 29, an additio 34 employees were told during staff meetings that they were beinglaid off, effectives June 12. They will receive four weekxs of pay. With these layoffs and the positionspreviouslyt eliminated, the office has cut 101 positions -- 16 percenty of management positions and 12 percent of hourl y positions -- in the past The Clerk & Comptroller’s Office, which employws more than 800 in officesa throughout Palm Beach County, handles the businesx arm of the court system.
Employeees receive, file and retrieve cour t documents, process fees and traffic fines, and enter and maintai n case information inthe court’s computer system.
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