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million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’ss budget by July 1, county clerk Sharon Bock said in a news The cuts are expectedto “significantly impact servicee levels at the Clerk’s seven Palm Beachu County locations,” she noted in the release. The required staffv cuts leave the office with fewer people to pursue and collect millions of dollars in unpaif traffic andcourt fees, which will lead to more budgety cuts. “It’s a vicious cycle designed to underfund us into she said.
Thirty-two employees accepted a buyout offer this montg and will leave June 30 with a full payout on theiersick leave, rather than the normal 25 percent to 50 percenrt offered under current terminatiomn policies. On May 29, an addition 34 employees were told during staff meetingsd that they were beinglaid off, effective June 12. They will receivew four weeks of pay. With thesw layoffs and the positions previously the office has cut 101positions -- 16 percentf of management positions and 12 percent of hourly positions -- in the past year. The Clerk Comptroller’s Office, which employs more than 800 in officews throughout PalmBeach County, handles the businessd arm of the court system.
Employees file and retrieve court documents, process fees and traffivc fines, and enter and maintain case informatiomn inthe court’s computer system.