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Sheriff to lay off 15 - the statement
In case you missed it in today’s paper, here is the story about layoffs at the Butler County Sheriff’s Office:
Fifteen Butler County Sheriff’s Office employees were notified Thursday, Feb. 18, they would soon be out of a job.
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones released a statement Thursday night stating he was forced to cut five deputies and 10 corrections officers due to budget reductions in 2009 and 2010.
Here is a copy of the sheriff’s office statement:
Analysis:
“There is no doubt losing 15 people will affect all operations, including response times,” said Chief Deputy Anthony Dwyer.
The officers impacted by the layoffs began receiving notices Thursday. The cuts are effective in about a month, Dwyer said, and were unavoidable with more staffing cuts possible.
“We continually track expenditures and it became obvious that layoffs were needed in an attempt to meet our restricted budget. This is just a first step, if revenue and expenditures remain constant, additional cuts may be necessary,” he said.
Dwyer said past layoffs of largely part-time employees and clerks have necessitated the reassignment of deputies to fill those vacancies in areas such as prisoner transport, warrant service and court security. Thursday’s pink slips will continue to impact response times to calls on the street.
The sheriff’s office has now eliminated 50 positions since 2009, including the 15 employees who were laid off Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.
The cuts come nearly two months after Butler County Commissioners approved a 2010 general budget with totals of $85.3 million — down from $94.7 million in 2008 largely because of recession — and includes $2.6 million in cuts and a $900,000 dip into the county’s shrinking cash reserves.
Officials say criminal justice accounts for 63.5 percent of the total budget.
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By Captain Crunch
February 19, 2010 9:43 PM | Link to this
I was very disappointed that Rick spent so much time promoting Carpenter in the Commissioners race while talking with Cunningham on Friday. Funny the Sheriff made the phone call while he’s on the taxpayers clock, much like Carpenter did in years past using employees for political events. The Tea Party would not approve. I believe that’s called two-faced, or talking out of both,, you know.
By George C.
February 20, 2010 7:33 AM | Link to this
If they worked in Fairfield they would be getting a 3% raise like the City Manager.
By ButlerCountyEthics
February 21, 2010 9:03 AM | Link to this
INTRODUCTION TO OHIO’S ETHICS LAW: A. Purposes of the Ethics Law: • Protect the public from the financial, family, or business conflicts of its public servants • Encourage impartiality in governmental decisions by restricting public actions on matters in which public officials and employees have direct and definite conflicts of interest • Promote citizen confidence in the actions of public agencies Calling WLW to conduct partisan campaigning may be a violation here. Josh?
By Seimoore
February 22, 2010 9:01 AM | Link to this
What became clear on WLW was the layoffs were nothing more than a political ploy to hammer at Jolivette and promote Carpenter. What has become clear is the sheriff can’t stay within his budget, just another big spender of tax dollars.
By Will
February 22, 2010 9:10 AM | Link to this
The tea party folks need to wake up. If they are for smaller government and less spending then why do they support Rick Jones? Old Spot Light is spending 63 percent of the county budget and has grown the sheriff’s office in to a massive mess since taking office.
By BC Watcher
March 18, 2010 10:19 AM | Link to this
Bad news for Rickie, Warren County Sheriff said the additional beds would allow the county to reduce the $1.2 million to $1.5 million it’s spending to house and transport prisoners in Butler County. It costs $83 a day to house an inmate in the Warren County jail. Butler County charges $55 per day, but the price does not include the hidden costs for medical care and transporting inmates to Hamilton, Sims said. In 2008, there were approximately 5,000 total inmate transports which increased to 7,536 total transports in 2009, which also included 2,489 trips to the Butler County Jail.