This was reported on last Friday but here is the official announcement on layoffs from Hoboken's City Website:
HOBOKEN ANNOUNCES WORKFORCE REDUCTION
HOBOKEN, Friday, January 23, 2009 -- The City of Hoboken today has laid off seven provisional municipal employees in the first stage of its previously announced reduction in workforce, announced Mayor David Roberts and state Fiscal Monitor Judith L. Tripodi.
Over this year the city is expected to reduce its workforce by 65 employees, or 10 percent of all full-time municipal workers.
Over this year the city is expected to reduce its workforce by 65 employees, or 10 percent of all full-time municipal workers.
Today’s reduction affected workers in various departments, said Tripodi, and amounted to less than one percent of the existing workforce. Already, over the past year 43 workers have opted for retirement, bringing the total to 110 over the past five years “This was not based on work performance, rather a move to reach a scale of economy as Hoboken seeks to reduce its budget,” said Mayor Roberts.
Already the city has announced it will discontinue its Cross Town bus service on February 1st, in a move that is expected to save the municipality $200,000 annually.
