Politics & Government

Richfield Reports No City Staff Lay-Offs as Result of Minnesota Government Shutdown

While the city previously thought it would have to lay-off workers, now that the shutdown is in effect, all workers are still intact.

While the City of Richfield anticipated having to lay-off up to 10 city staff members in the event of a shutdown, now that the , the city has not furloughed any workers, according to Pam Dymtrenko, assistant city manager.

City Manager recently released a that detailed local impacts of a state shutdown, stating that workers would be laid off.

Fortunately, this has not needed to happen. Dmytrenko said the city plans to continue with its current staffing regiment. For workers areas such as , which is currently open despite the shutdown, they may be sent home early if business is slow on any particular day.

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