As the Beaver County Commissioners ponder additional budget cuts, 11 vacant positions will be eliminated next week totaling about $402,000 in salaries alone.
During a salary board work session Tuesday, county jail Warden William Schouppe told the three commissioners, who sit on the salary board with Controller David Rossi, that he will abolish seven vacant positions totaling about $279,300, including the chief of security job formerly held by Sheriff George David.
Each county position generally accounts for an additional $11,000 in benefits so the savings reflected by the cuts in the 2009 budget could grow by another $121,000.
The other jail positions, Schouppe said, will be records manager, a sergeant’s slot and four full-time jail guard jobs that the union agreed to give up under its latest contract so that the county could use part-timers to save money.
David left his jail job more than a year ago after he was elected sheriff. The position has been vacant since David left, and Schouppe said he, director of treatment Carol Steele-Smith and a lieutenant have assumed portions of David’s duties.
Other vacant positions that should be eliminated Tuesday when the salary board holds its regular meeting include two clerks under the county courts ($28,508 and $21,431 in salaries), a clerk under Recorder of Deeds Janice Beall ($22,859) and the county communications director ($50,441), which has been unfilled since Brian Hayden left in February.
Commissioners Chairman Tony Amadio said that county financial administrator Rob Cyphert is still reviewing budget cuts proposed by row officers and department directors last week and that decisions on further reductions, including layoffs, won’t be made until Cyphert meets with commissioners, which will probably happen next week.
“We’re just trying to cut wherever we can,” said Amadio, who reiterated that commissioners need to close a $1.4 million general fund gap.
J.D. Prose can be reached online at jprose@timesonline.com.
NO VACANCIES
Eleven vacant positions will likely be eliminated next week by the county salary board. The positions total about $402,000 in salaries and could include $121,000 more in benefits. The jobs that will disappear:
•Seven positions at the Beaver County Jail, including chief of security.
•Two clerk positions under county courts.
•A clerk position in the recorder of deeds office.
•County communications director.
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