The pending layoffs, which will cut the number of deputies to 57, are to go into effect next month. County officials say they are trying to plug a $420,000 deficit in the sheriff’s budget.
The overall county budget approved by the county board in November called for pay raises for county employees of only one-half of 1 percent, a response to sharply lower county revenues caused by the economic slowdown.
However, the county’s contract with the deputies’ union requires a 3 1/2 percent increase, and union officials have refused to accept the smaller raise.
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