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Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

Reichert plan: Lay off 31, cut 36 vacant jobs

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert wants to lay off 31 city employees and cut 36 more vacant positions as part of a citywide “right-sizing” effort his administration has been studying.

The positions would be eliminated as of Jan. 15, the mayor told council members this afternoon during a work session on the issue.

Reichert said he’d discuss this course of action with council members, but he intends to sign an executive order implementing the plan Thursday night and inform affected employees Friday.

He has not identified the employees or the positions.

Reichert said savings from the moves, combined with other measures, will allow him to propose a long-desired pay scale for police, fire and general city employees when he presents next year’s budget.

For more on this story, read Wednesday’s Telegraph.