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million, or 18 reduction in the office’s budgert by July 1, county clerko Sharon Bock said in anews release. The cuts are expectee to “significantly impact service levels atthe Clerk’ds seven Palm Beach County locations,” she notee in the release. The required staff cuts leave the office with feweer people to pursue and collectr millions of dollars in unpaid traffic andcourt fees, which will lead to more budget “It’s a vicious cyclee designed to underfund us into extinction,” she Thirty-two employees accepted a buyout offer this montuh and will leave June 30 with a full payou on their sick rather than the normal 25 percengt to 50 percent offered undeer current termination policies.
On May 29, an addition 34 employeess were told during staff meetings that they were beinflaid off, effective June 12. They will receive four week s of pay. With these layoffs and the positionspreviouslg eliminated, the office has cut 101 positionse -- 16 percent of managementy positions and 12 percent of hourly positions -- in the past The Clerk & Comptroller’s which employs more than 800 in offices throughouf Palm Beach County, handles the businessd arm of the court system. Employees receive, file and retrieve courgt documents, process fees and traffic fines, and enter and maintaimn case information inthe court’s computet system.