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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The College of the Redwoods Board of Trustees voted this afternoon to layoff 16 employees and eliminate a total of 39 positions by June 30, 2013, CR spokesman Paul DeMark confirmed.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">DeMark said the vote was unanimous, with Trustee Rick Bennett absent.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">According to today's agenda, CR President Kathryn Lehner recommended the board approve the proposed reorganization after a budget and job duty review indicated insufficient funds to support the positions. By eliminating the positions -- 23 of which are already vacant or anticipated to be vacant -- the college expects to save $550,000 this year, and about $1.6 million each following year.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The college will be looking at the possibility of creating eight new positions to fill in the gaps left by the eliminated jobs. Laid-off employees will be given the first opportunity to apply for those new positions, according to the agenda.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The board also approved eliminating required furlough days for the managers who will be laid off at the end of January 2013.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The positions include:</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">* Director, Planning, Grants, and Institutional Effectiveness - 1.0 FTE (12 months/8 hours</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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