1/23 Layoffs loom for DeKalb city workers

Half of DeKalb’s 230 employees jammed council chambers last Monday, after receiving notice late last week of 10-20 “permanent layoffs.”

At a news conference before the meeting, City Manager Mark Biernacki, and assistant city manager, Rudy Espiritu, noted there is a half million dollar shortfall in the budget this year, and the figure is projected to be $1.5 million in next year’s budget. Espiritu said the budget is being held together now by dipping into the city’s Reserve Fund.