Over 500 Layoff's

Dallas City Manager's office, said this morning that it expects to give layoff notices to some 500 civilian city employees to help balance the city's budget in October. Many of those employees will be part-time workers for the library and parks departments, among others.
The deficit had soared to $130 million in the city's roughly $2 billion operating budget as a result of precipitous falls in property and sales tax revenues.  The city staff will present a balanced budget plan to the City Council in early August for adoption in late September.
Deep cuts to city services, including libraries, parks and cultural facilities have helped close that gap, along with plans for a host of new fees, as well as layoffs, furloughs and paycuts for city employees.
In addition to 8 furlough days in the next budget year, city employees can expect, on average, a nearly 2 percent cut in pay.  It is still negotiating with police officers and firefighters to implement furlough days in those departments - which consume nearly 60 percent of the city's general fund budget.