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| SARASOTA TO LAY OFF MORE WORKERS |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY WILL BE CUTTING MORE JOBS IN THE COUNTY WORK FORCE NEXT WEEK. THAT’S WHAT SARASOTA COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JIM LEY SAID ON TUESDAY, TELLING THE SUN THAT THIRTY TO FORTY POSITIONS WILL BE ELIMINATED, WITH TWENTY TO THIRTY PEOPLE ACTUALLY LOSING THEIR JOBS. HE DID NOT SAY WHERE THE COUNTY WILL FOCUS THEIR CUTS, BUT WHEN THEY ARE DONE, THE COUNTY WILL HAVE LAID OFF ABOUT EIGHTY PEOPLE SINCE LAST YEAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH BUDGET REDUCTIONS. AND LEY SAYS THEY MAY NOT BE DONE, AS WITH THE RECENT SUPER EXEMPTION VOTE AND BUDGET CUTTING FROM TALLAHASSEE, THE COUNTY FACES ANOTHER $22 MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL NEXT YEAR. LEY SENT OUT A MEMO TO COUNTY WORKERS, SAYING THE VOTERS HAVE MANDATED CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN, AND THE ECONOMY IS OUT OF CONTROL, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE TYPE OF SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY HAVE. LEY SAID THOSE LAID OFF WILL BE GIVEN TWO WEEKS SEVERANCE AND OUTPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE."
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Posted on Mar 12, 2008 05:19am.
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