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Board approves midyear budget package, including 15% cuts and layoffs
Summary
The board approved a midyear budget package that implements the county’s direction to cut non-public-safety budgets by 15% (prorated for the fiscal year), move $2.6 million to contingency, and authorize personnel actions that include 22.5 eliminated positions and issuance of layoff notices. The package passed on a 4–1 recorded vote.
The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday adopted a midyear budget package that implements board direction to reduce general-fund spending and address projected deficits.
Deputy County Administrator Liz Petersen and budget staff laid out the package in detail. The board’s January direction required a 15% reduction to general-fund departments (prorated for the remainder of the fiscal year), excluding public-safety departments and—by later direction—library and recreation. Departments were allowed to identify ongoing revenue or other offsets where available.
Staff reported total reductions and revenue adjustments of roughly $2,598,680 moved into general-fund contingencies. Personnel actions tied to the package include elimination of 22.5 allocated positions (10 filled positions and 12.5 vacant), issuance of layoff notices for certain filled positions and the…
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