City of El Paso says it plans to bring back all furloughed workers, despite layoff notices sent to some
EL PASO, Texas The City of El Paso said Wednesday that it was working to bring back 75 city workers who remained furlough following last year s pandemic budget cuts, even though some of those workers received notices saying their positions were being eliminated.
The city s Chief Financial Officer Robert Cortinas said it was the city s intention to find other positions for those whose jobs were being eliminated.
El Paso Matters reported that multiple librarians who were on furlough status received letters Wednesday saying they would be laid off because their roles were being permanently done away with.
City of El Paso claims $1M in budget savings by having fewer department heads
EL PASO, Texas More than $1 million have been freed up after El Paso city leaders decided to consolidate several department head positions. City officials have faced a steep budgetary challenge with the outbreak of Covid-19.
“We were able to condense several positions into one and we were able to save $1.1 million dollars. We’ve really felt like we needed to do that in order to tighten our belts at the senior level,” City Manager Tommy Gonzalez said.
The move comes months after the city announced it would be Furloughing staff to deal with the budget restrictions. City officials initially reported furloughing hundreds of positions. However, the bulk of those were temporary contracts.