Article: Yakima County Cuts District Court Commissioner -- Two other employees also lose their jobs after passage of Initiative 695

Yakima County District Court Commissioner Don Engel will lose his job at the end of March, a victim of county budget reductions brought on by Initiative 695.

The court's four judges made the decision to eliminate the court commissioner position.

"We knew we had to cut something. That spot was one of the cuts," the 40-year-old Engel said Wednesday.

In all, three county employees lost their jobs after county commissioners adopted a 2000 budget that included more than $2 million in cuts. The other losses are in the Auditor's Office, where Auditor Doug Cochran eliminated two positions when he cut the hours his office sells license tabs.

Approved by voters in November, I-695 eliminated the Motor ...

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