County chops two positions, lowers salaries of five others to save $500k

RIVERSIDE - The Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted today to eliminate two vacant executive positions and modify the salaries of five others to save the county around $500,000 in the current fiscal year.

''This is a sign of restructuring at the government level to reduce executive management salaries in keeping with our economic conditions,'' Transportation & Land Management Agency Director Juan Perez told City News Service.

The board voted to permanently chop two TLMA deputy director positions -- both of which had remained unfilled in 2012-13 -- and reclassify five upper m...