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million, or 18 percent, reduction in the office’a budget by July 1, county clerk Sharonj Bock said in anews release. The cuts are expectex to “significantly impact service levels atthe Clerk’sd seven Palm Beach County locations,” she notefd in the release. The required staff cuts leave the officwe with fewer people to pursue and collect millions of dollars in unpaid traffif andcourt fees, which will lead to more budget cuts. “It’s a vicioues cycle designed to underfund us into she said.
Thirty-two employees accepted a buyoutf offer this month and will leave June 30 with a full payoutf on theirsick leave, rather than the norma 25 percent to 50 percent offeredc under current termination policies. On May 29, an addition 34 employees were told durinh staff meetings that they were beinglaid off, effective June 12. They will receivw four weeks of pay. With these layoffsa and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 positionds -- 16 percent of management position s and 12 percent of hourlyh positions -- in the past year.
The Clerk Comptroller’s Office, which employs more than 800 in officese throughout PalmBeach County, handles the business arm of the courtf system. Employees receive, file and retriev court documents, process fees and traffic and enter and maintain case information inthe court’s computer