SAN JOSE
– Santa Clara County supervisors may have to cut 2,500 employees
to offset an anticipated deficit of up to $481 million in the
upcoming fiscal year.
SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County supervisors may have to cut 2,500 employees to offset an anticipated deficit of up to $481 million in the upcoming fiscal year.
This week, supervisors began review and deliberations of services and programs the county is required by law to provide. The workshop is a step in the process ahead to cut up to $200 million from the fiscal year 2005 budget, which would be in effect on July 1.
In an overview statement to the board, County Executive Pete Kutras said, “The task before the Board is not to determine the need or value of providing specific services, together we have to look at what we can no longer continue doing.”
The county has 15,281 employees. The 2003-04 fiscal year budget is $3.27 billion.
“We have some tough decisions ahead,” District-1 Supervisor Don Gage said. “We’ll be relying on the administration to propose reductions and then the Board can exercise the discretion about which programs to cut.”
