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| ...budget cuts eat into jail kitchen staff |
| By KATY GANZ - The Daily Record |
| Published: 02/23/2009 |
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MILLERSBURG -- Hours, personnel and milk have been cut back at the Holmes County Jail in an attempt to meet 2009 budget cuts. "The way the economy is, I guess everyone has to buck up and do what they can," said Christine Ferenbaugh, supervisor of the jail kitchen. By the end of January, two kitchen workers were laid off, one full-time and one part-time. Another full-time employee was cut to part time, leaving the kitchen staffed by Ferenbaugh, one full-time worker, one part-time worker and two retired workers who cover for sick and vacation leave. The two retirees work about 12 hours a month, Ferenbaugh said. Less staff means less hot meals, she said. "We went to a bagged breakfast where everything goes in the bag the night before so there's no staff here," Ferenbaugh said. "That's helped a lot." The bagged breakfasts include cold cereal, a bowl with a lid, a muffin, milk and a juice. The bags are cloth and reused. "We cut out milk for one of the meals because milk is a high-dollar item," Ferenbaugh said. There has been a period of adjustment for the jail kitchen, as schedules undergo severe changes. "February is pretty much to see exactly how everything is going to work. It's been fair so far," Ferenbaugh said. "Change is hard for anybody." Jail employees outside the kitchen also are going through changes. In 2008, the jail received $965,443. The actual expenditures for the facility in 2008 where more than $1 million. "If you look at the actual expenditures it took us to get through 2008, it's close to 11 percent (in funding cuts)," said Chief Deputy Nathan Fritz. Four jail employees will be reduced to 72 hours a pay period before the end of February. "That still allows those employees to be considered full-time. They can still accrue vacation time, sick leave and retirement. They can maintain their health insurance," Fritz said. Three positions will remain vacant from 2008. One has been vacant for almost 10 months. "Our attempt, or our intention, is not to have to lay anyone off, and to run the jail safe and efficiently for the inmates as well as the staff," Fritz said. Employees with reduced hours will leave an hour early or arrive an hour later. "Basically what it amounts to is one of our shifts, basically the overnight or midnight shift when the inmates are locked down, it loses one of the staff," Fritz said. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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