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After eight months, half-day furloughs every Friday have come to their expected end for hundreds of City of Tulsa employees.
The furloughs were implemented to help the city deal with with a $13 million budget shortfall. Mayor G.T. Bynum said current fiscal year revenue is staying within a range where extending the furloughs is not necessary, but he and the city council are gearing up for another budget shortfall in FY22. The goal for me and I imagine for my colleagues on the council, too is that we want to make those reductions and not do it through another furloughing. I think furloughs … are a necessary thing from an emergency standpoint, but they’re not a good, long-term budgetary option, Bynum said.