Falling on the heels of the inauguration of the new city council, the City has issued several layoff notices.
Triggered by the severe financial impact on the City from the State of California’s dissolution of redevelopment agencies throughout the State, the City the layoffs affect 14 full-time employees beginning on April 25th.
“While Culver City has fared better than many cities,” said City Manager, John Nachbar, “the City has seen its General Fund revenues decline by nearly 10 percent from their highs in the 2007-2008 fiscal year. Despite eliminating 67 positions since 2009 and reducing operating costs in all non-public safety Departments, the dissolution of the Culver City Redevelopment Agency by the State of California on February 1 has added six to eight million to the projected three million deficit for the City’s fiscal year that ends on June 30.”
The employees will either be offered positions in other departments or the opportunity to take a severance payment of up to 12 weeks of paid leave based upon years of service with the City. Their former positions will be eliminated, which will save the General Fund approximately two point three million annually.
