After more than two months of shortened work days to deal with the state budget impasse Wayne County offices are back up to speed.
Relief was in the air at the Wayne County Senior Community Center in Honesdale as workers' salaries and operating hours went back to normal.
"We're glad to have the regular hours back and it's not even almost a matter of the money as much as time to provide the services we wish to provide," said Pat Perkins, Senior Community Center director.
Back in early September Wayne County commissioners shortened the county work day by one half hour each day. That meant a seven percent pay cut for county workers and less services for taxpayers. Commissioners said the move was an effort to save cash in light of the then on-going state budget impasse.
"We felt it was very important to be fiscally conservative and be positioned for what we felt would be budget reductions even though we didn't have an actual budget to look at," said Commissioner Wendell Kay.
In total, commissioners said, they saved around $150,000 with the scaled-back schedule, enough to get them through the state budget impasse. Now with a state budget signed officials said the schedule could go back to normal, however that doesn't mean the county is out of the dark just yet.
"I can see that there are going to be some changes made in the way that we do things and a lot of that is going to be a result of reductions we received from the state," said Kay.
"Everybody was very happy today and glad to be back at the normal time," said Perkins.
Workers at the Senior Community Center said they are just relieved the schedule is back to normal so they can get back to the business of helping people.
Relief was in the air at the Wayne County Senior Community Center in Honesdale as workers' salaries and operating hours went back to normal.
"We're glad to have the regular hours back and it's not even almost a matter of the money as much as time to provide the services we wish to provide," said Pat Perkins, Senior Community Center director.
Back in early September Wayne County commissioners shortened the county work day by one half hour each day. That meant a seven percent pay cut for county workers and less services for taxpayers. Commissioners said the move was an effort to save cash in light of the then on-going state budget impasse.
"We felt it was very important to be fiscally conservative and be positioned for what we felt would be budget reductions even though we didn't have an actual budget to look at," said Commissioner Wendell Kay.
In total, commissioners said, they saved around $150,000 with the scaled-back schedule, enough to get them through the state budget impasse. Now with a state budget signed officials said the schedule could go back to normal, however that doesn't mean the county is out of the dark just yet.
"I can see that there are going to be some changes made in the way that we do things and a lot of that is going to be a result of reductions we received from the state," said Kay.
"Everybody was very happy today and glad to be back at the normal time," said Perkins.
Workers at the Senior Community Center said they are just relieved the schedule is back to normal so they can get back to the business of helping people.
