During a meeting Wednesday afternoon, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announced there will be hundreds of layoffs throughout the city.
Staffing levels will be reduced by 350 to 400 positions in order to balance the budget for 2011 and 2012, the mayor said. The layoffs will include seasonal employees, part-time employees and permanent full-time employees. The city will notify employees of the layoffs by mid-May.
“This is a state-imposed deficit that amounts to a state-imposed layoffs,” Jackson said. The city will also continue its hiring freeze and only fill critical positions.
Jackson said he will continue to look into the staffing levels throughout the city and examine further impacts of the state-imposed budget deficit.
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