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Decreasing sales tax revenues is forcing the town of Hayden to institute employee furloughs.
Hayden to start employee furloughs
Decreased sales tax revenue means 10 percent reduction in hours
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Steamboat Springs — Reduced sales-tax income will force the town of Hayden to implement a furlough plan for its employees, Town Manager Russ Martin said.
The town expects to bring in $800,000 in sales tax revenue in 2009, compared with $1.1 million in 2008, Martin said. All hourly employees will be reduced to an average of 36 hours per week, he said. That amounts to a cut of eight hours, or 10 percent, for every two-week pay period. Employees' wages won't change, Martin said.
Cuts will go into effect after June 20. As part of the cuts, Hayden Town Hall will be closed Friday afternoons starting June 5, Martin said.
"We don't anticipate getting out of this scenario at least through the 2010 budget and possibly beyond," Martin said.
The cuts will affect all 17 full-time, benefited town employees, he said. Part-time and seasonal workers also will feel the effects, though Martin wasn't sure to what extent. The town's three salaried employees - Martin, Parks and Recreation Director Kathy Hockett and Finance Director Lisa Dowling - have agreed to take a 10 percent pay cut as well, Martin said.
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