Colton Sends Out Layoff Notices; Libraries To CloseSB Sun: November 12, 2009 by Melissa Pinion-Whitt
Nearly 60 Colton city employees have been given layoff notices and the city's three libraries will be closed as a result of Colton's $5 million budget shortfall, Interim City Manager Bob Miller announced today.
Thirty full time and nearly 30 part-time employees have been given notices.
Miller said the cuts will save the city $4 million. He urged labor group representatives to determine whether they can offer the city some salary or benefit savings.
"Perhaps we can all work together to head-off additional layoffs, or even reverse some of this action and return some fine people to their jobs," Miller said in a prepared statement.
Miller said the situation may grow worse if voters don't support the extension of the city's utility user tax, which is set to expire in 2011. The tax provides about $5 million to the city's general fund.
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I found out about this closure today as I was returning some materials to the library. I was completely shocked that anyone would authorize this action. Unless, they were unable to benefit from public service like libraries. This library's closure will leave a void in many peoples especially, youths life who greatly benefit from a library.
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