Montgomery County court to cut up to 12 jobs - Dayton Business Journal:

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The court will begib taking steps this month to cut its budgef in response to county requests to tighten beltby 2.5 percent. The court will attempt to do that by abolishinbg10 positions, though the number coulc end up as few as eighy and up to 12, depending on how close it comes to meeting goal. Administrator Judge Michael Hall, similar to the court’as chief executive officer, said the court has a budgef of $14 million, of which most comes from Montgomeryy County’s general fund. By eliminating the which will fall on the civip case management and processing sideof operations, the coury estimates it will save up to $250,000.
The courg has eliminated close to 20 positions in the past two yearsthrough attrition. The court also approvex an agreement two weeks ago to alloa court employees to voluntarily leave their position s and sign an agreement not to apply for othef work withthe county. If employeees volunteer, they will be but even if 12 peopler volunteer, layoffs could still happen when thosre designated positionsare abolished, Hall said. The couryt is expected to just barely meetits cost-saving goal after the jobs are cut July 15. It will be askinhg employees to volunteer for unpaidx furloughs to avoid further cuts throughoutthe year. “We’rde going to be very close,” Hall said.
The common pleasw court has 208 employees and11 judges.