ELYRIA HANDS OUT NOTICES TODAY

Elyria – Mayor Bill Grace met with all Department heads early Friday morning informing them of which employees would be let go. In all 34 full time employees and all part time employees received their notices today.

The breakdown:
Elyria Police Department – 12 Full Time and 8 Part Time
Park Rangers 2
Parking Attendant 1
Records 3
Secretary 1
Corrections Officers 5

Corrections Officers, Part Time 4
Dispatchers, Part Time 4

Police Officers & Park Rangers: December 1999 – 100 March 2009 – 86

Fire Department
Firefighters 11

Parks & Recreation
Laborer 4
Secretary 1

Building & Lands
Laborers 2

Building Department
Housing Inspectors 2
Secretary 1

Engineering Department
Secretary 1

The following Elected Officials’ Department will reduce their payroll by their payroll by their employee’s working one less day per two week pay period – that will amount to a 10% reduction in work hours and pay:
Clerk of Council
Auditor
Law Director
Mayor

The lay-off’s are effective March 14th.