Jefferson County administrators are asking county employees to voluntarily reduce their work hours as a means of bridging the county’s hefty budget shortfall.
More than 300 county employees were sent letters Monday asking them to voluntarily reduce their work hours or accept being voluntarily laid-off to help cover a $900,000 budget gap.
The move would supplement major belt-tightening measures and a freeze on vacant positions already in the works by the county to balance its $12.1 million general fund budget, County Administrator David Goldsmith said.
Goldsmith said a survey sent out to county employees several weeks ago indicated they favored a voluntary reduction in work hours over mandatory work-hour reductions, voluntary layoffs and forced layoffs.
Around 80 of the approximately 300 county employees responded to the survey, Goldsmith said.
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