Town makes layoffs official
Three cops among the 17 workers to be notified this week
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The Town Board unanimously voted to eliminate 17 town positions, and to abolish 30 vacant positions, during an abruptly called meeting on Friday.
Fourteen full-time employees -- about 7 percent of the town's workforce -- are expected to be notified early this week that they will be laid off by the town, effective Aug. 1. Three part-time workers will also be laid off.
Supervisor Scott Russell, who announced last month that the layoffs were imminent, said the move will eliminate $600,000 from payroll. The town is trying to close a $1 million budget gap. Additional layoffs are possible, Mr. Russell said.
"I have a child in college and a child in [grade] school. This job is important to me," said Leslie Tasca, 45, a part-time clerk typist in the town assessor's office who is bracing for bad news.
bharmon@timesreview.com
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layoffs : 6/18/2009
I don't get it ----why are we laying off town positions when it would only be a small increase in taxes to keep them. It seems we can raise taxes for every other thing this town wants to do, We knew this last year so we could have raised them slighty for 2009 already and nobody would have known the difference.
