Eau Claire County leaders are considering a plan to essentially close most of county government to offset a million-and-half dollar budget shortfall.
County Board member Colleen Bates says the plan is to close everything but the sheriff’s office, 911, and their airport for one day each month until the end of the year. Any worker not in one of the protected parts of county government would not be paid for the days that the county is closed. Bates says Eau Claire County is already one-point-seven million-dollars short, and she doesn’t see the county’s finances improving anytime soon.
