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| Chief rejects furloughs |
| By Courier-Journal |
| Published: 01/08/2009 |
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KENTUCKY - Metro Corrections officers won't be required to take unpaid furlough days to help offset Louisville's budget deficit, prompting complaints and a possible legal challenge from unions whose members are being furloughed. Corrections Director Mark Bolton said yesterday that he decided he could not allow his 400 employees to take furlough days and still run the city's jail safely. He said he is talking with union officials and his staff about other ways to trim the budget, even though he said he does not know exactly how much money he needs to save. City officials were unable to say how much the corrections furloughs would have saved. Last month Mayor Jerry Abramson imposed four unpaid furlough days for all employees, except police and firefighters, as part of a plan to eliminate a projected $20 million budget deficit for this fiscal year. The furloughs were to save an estimated $2.9 million. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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