ROCK SPRINGS — The message was clear Saturday during a town hall meeting at Western Wyoming Community College focused on recent layoffs and budgetary goals.

“We have to reduce our expenses … we have no other choice,” Western President Kirk Young said.

The college will be shedding 33 total positions and reworking and reorganizing another 30 to cut costs as the college seeks to find roughly $4 million in savings. Those savings will be used to address funding shortfalls, wean the college off of relying on reserves to balance its budget, and fund a compensation adjustment plan to bring college salaries in line with other community colleges. The $4 million doesn’t make up for the full funding gap, with the total gap the college needs to address being $5.4 million.

Positions being completely

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