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Article: County's Thanksgiving layoff; of 180 suspended - for now

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October 31, 2009
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By STEVE SCHULTZE

Memo to Milwaukee County employees: Never mind.

That was the upshot of a Friday session that ended with a new deal to avert the Thanksgiving layoffs of 180 county workers intended to avoid a 2009 budget shortfall.

Notices had already been sent to those targeted for layoffs by County Executive Scott Walker. But Walker told county supervisors if they could scrape up $600,000 to $1 million in savings from a budget already purportedly scraped clean, some or all of the layoffs would be rescinded.

After a lunch-hour meeting between Walker's top aides, County Board Chairman Lee Holloway and Supervisor Elizabeth Coggs, the layoff suspension was announced. All agreed to work ...

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