Barrow Co. to cut up to 40 jobs

WINDER - The Barrow County Commission has authorized Chairman Danny Yearwood to create a list of about 40 government jobs that will be eliminated later this month in order to make up for a projected $1.6 million budget shortfall.

By a 4-2 vote, the council approved the resolution stipulating that commissioners will approve the list of layoffs at a June 27 meeting.

The commissioners learned in January they faced a $5 million budget shortfall due to lagging tax revenues and higher-than-expected costs for health insurance and inmate housing. Commissioners cut about $3.5 million from the budget at the beginning of the year by laying off workers, cutting salaries and requiring employees to take unpaid holidays.

The resolution also requires employees to take an additional eight hours of unpaid leave each month.

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