Atlanta govt. hit with more layoffs
A third wave of layoffs this year has hit the cash-strapped city of Atlanta.
Mayor Shirley Franklin announced Tuesday that the city will eliminate 222 filled jobs this month to help close a projected $50 million budget shortfall.
Atlanta also will close recreation centers, pick up yard trimmings and recyclable materials biweekly instead of once a week and reduce the city’s permitting staff by 20 percent.
None of the new layoffs will affect the police or fire departments, the mayor said.
The cuts will save $13.9 million. Franklin announced a series of reductions last month that will plug the rest of the deficit, including employee furloughs, a hiring freeze and a drawdown of $12 million from the city’s reserves.
While the cuts this fall are aimed at eliminating this year’s shortfall, two previous rounds of layoffs last May and June affecting several hundred jobs helped address a deficit in last year’s Atlanta budget .
Franklin said the city has done a good job keeping spending down during the current fiscal year, which began on July 1. However, she said the city’s revenues for the year are down 12.6 percent as a result of the recession.
Mayor Shirley Franklin announced Tuesday that the city will eliminate 222 filled jobs this month to help close a projected $50 million budget shortfall.
Atlanta also will close recreation centers, pick up yard trimmings and recyclable materials biweekly instead of once a week and reduce the city’s permitting staff by 20 percent.
None of the new layoffs will affect the police or fire departments, the mayor said.
The cuts will save $13.9 million. Franklin announced a series of reductions last month that will plug the rest of the deficit, including employee furloughs, a hiring freeze and a drawdown of $12 million from the city’s reserves.
While the cuts this fall are aimed at eliminating this year’s shortfall, two previous rounds of layoffs last May and June affecting several hundred jobs helped address a deficit in last year’s Atlanta budget .
Franklin said the city has done a good job keeping spending down during the current fiscal year, which began on July 1. However, she said the city’s revenues for the year are down 12.6 percent as a result of the recession.
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