Hundreds Of Minneapolis City Employees Offered Buyouts To Balance Budget

CBS Minnesota

January 12, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 100 city of Minneapolis employees are expected to leave their positions by the end of the month.

Thirty-four are from the Minneapolis Police Department. In order to balance the budget, the city offered early retirement incentives to some employees.

Six-hundred-and-eighteen city employees were eligible for the early retirement program, put in place to “address financial shortfalls by reducing salary costs,” minimizing the need for additional layoffs.

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