The City of Dallas has announced it must close a $30M budget shortfall. City leaders said part of their solution is three furlough days.
The furloughs will affect most non-uniform employees in the city. That’s more than 4,000 city employees. The non-paid days off will be on July 10, September 4, and September 28. All city libraries will be closed on those days as well.
Community centers across the area could have modified hours.
Complete list of affected departments
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson also released a statement, saying he has pushed for spending reductions and believes the effort has become increasingly urgent.
Johnson said the city should examine every part of municipal government for opportunities to reduce spending.
“At a time when rising costs continue to strain family budgets across this city, we simply cannot raise taxes in lieu of addressing much deeper and more structural fiscal challenges. These challenges are rooted in the City’s relaxed approach to spending and the longstanding resistance around the horseshoe to making meaningful spending reductions,” Johnson said in part.
All emergency and other critical services such as Dallas Water Utilities, Sanitation, and Love Field/Executive Airport will remain operational.