Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's Budget Includes Up To 200 Layoffs
ATLANTA -- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has proposed a tighter budget that could mean layoffs for up to 200 city employees.
Reed's plan would exempt public safety employees. All city workers making more than $80,000 would take a 3 percent salary cut.
Reed proposes that the city spend $545 million for the 2012 fiscal year, down from last year's $560 million. Under the budget, 38 percent of employee payroll would continue to go toward pension costs.
The city council is considering restructuring the city's pension plan to save money.
Atlanta has about 300 employees - mostly managers, directors and people in the law and finance departments - who make more than $80,000 a year. Reed, who makes $147,000, would be affected by the cuts, but judges would not.
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