On Wednesday, the City of San Antonio furloughed 270 employees.
Those furloughed employees worked in departments funded by the city’s hotel tax. Because so much travel has been abandoned, the money is no longer coming in to fund these jobs.
The San Antonio Express-News reported that these furloughs were from the Office of Risk Management, Office of International Relations, and finance, arts and culture, convention, and sports facility departments.
In total, the city has made over $80 million in cuts to its budget.
The furloughs could last until July but their involvement in the city’s healthcare plan will continue uninterrupted through the furlough period.
In late March, the City of Hutto laid off almost 50 employees because of rising fiscal concerns.
As coronavirus tightens the grip on everyone’s finances, even governments are not immune to its effects.
For those furloughed, the City of San Antonio plans to file for unemployment on their behalf, and believes they’ll make about the same as during their tenure of employment with the city.
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Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson is a senior reporter for The Texan and an Ohio native who graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 2017. He is an avid sports fan who most enjoys watching his favorite teams continue their title drought throughout his cognizant lifetime. In his free time, you may find Brad quoting Monty Python productions and trying to calculate the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.