Coronavirus Kills Kansas City, Kansas Budget And Sparks Historic Furlough



The municipal budget crisis amid the pandemic is real and here's one of the first real signs of local desperation.

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Unified Government requiring nearly all employees to take 10 furlough days due to budget shortfall

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Leaders are cutting nearly $22 million from the 2020 budget, according to the county’s statement, but they’re still left with more than $2 million to make up.

That’s why County Administrator Doug Bach is ordering a mandatory 10-day furlough program for most UG employees.

Police officers, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters/EMS and public safety dispatchers are exempt from the mandatory furloughs.

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