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Office of Citizens' Complaints says 20% cut would eliminate more than five positions; 30%+ threatens a quarter of staff
Summary
OCC Director Joyce Hicks told the commission that meeting the mayor’s 20% reduction target would require eliminating about 5.25 positions (15% of staff) and that a combined 30% target would total 8.75 layoffs — roughly 25% of OCC staff — endangering mediation and investigative capacity.
Joyce Hicks, director of the Office of Citizens' Complaints, presented a detailed breakdown of how the mayor’s reduction targets would affect OCC operations.
Hicks said OCC’s 20% reduction target equals $540,000 and an additional 10% contingency equals $270,000. To achieve the $540,000 target OCC would have to remove 5.25 positions (three clerk typists, 1.25 investigators and one attorney), a cut that would…
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