Santa Cruz County Elections officials have been granted a 10-day extension to officially certify results from the June 8th primary election. The results were due this tuesday, and were conditionally certified last Friday, however they lack the final tally of about 47-hundred touch-screen ballots. The counting of those votes was disrupted for the June 22nd special election. A summary of the results is expected to be posted on Santa Cruz County's election website on Tuesday, at www.votes count.com.
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The Scotts Valley Police Department has launched an updated version of its website. The new site features additional content, including a community survey. The department hopes the new site will present important information in a more accessible way, and keep the community more informed about police activity. The site is www.scottsvalleypd.com.
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Uncertainty remains about how much most state employees will be paid this month. Despite an appeals court ruling on Friday that upheld Governor Schwarzenegger's order for state workers to be paid the federal minimum wage, the state Controller's office is saying the change is technically impossible. The governor made the order after lawmakers failed to pass a state budget on time. Although employees would receive their full pay after the budget is passed, Controller John Chiang said it could take as long as 6-months to reimburse them, and rejected the order. That forced the courts to rule on the matter, however the Controller said he still cannot make the change, due the state's outdated computer system. The state's payroll system was last re-designed in 1970. An update of the computerized system was authorized in 2004, however it has not been completed.
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Today(Fri), a state appeals court upheld Governor Schwarzenegger’s order to reduce most state-workers’ pay to the federal minimum wage. The order to slash public employee-pay to 7-dollars and 25-cents was given, after lawmakers failed to pass a state budget on time. The decision, however, was met with opposition from State Controller John Chiang(whose office issues paychecks). Today’s decision means that employees’ next paychecks will reflect the reduction, however workers would receive their full pay, retroactively, once a budget is passed. However, that won’t be until state lawmakers can work out a deal to close California’s 19-billion dollar budget shortfall.
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