No layoffs, furloughs, 4 Clayton commissioners say
No Clayton County workers will be laid off or placed on furloughs, four county commissioners vowed Monday. Commissioners Wole Ralph, Sonna Singleton, Michael Edmondson and Gail Hambrick issued a joint statement Monday, saying they would vote against a proposed 2010 budget that calls for mandatory two-day furloughs for all employees and some layoffs. Last week, Commission Chairman Eldrin Bell issued a budget that calls for a 14 percent cut in the money budgeted for personnel. Bell said the county must mandate furloughs for all of the county's 2,042 employees or raise taxes.
