LYNN – Members of the Lynn Teachers Union are set to vote next week on whether or not to accept a furlough day in the fourth quarter of this fiscal year – a move that could save more than 100 jobs in the department, according to a source close to the school department.By taking a furlough day, teachers would agree to work one day without pay or receive one day off without pay, depending on how the deal is ultimately negotiated.Facing a $1 million reduction in the district’s education budget, the school department is looking at fourth-quarter teacher layoffs that could reach triple digits if an alternative money-saving plan does not surface.The $1 million cut is the school department’s share of the $2.7 million reduction to the city budget taken by Gov. Deval Patrick in late January. That money represents the city’s share of a $300 million cut in local aid designed to close a gaping hole in the fourth quarter of the state’s fiscal year 2009 budget.The official amount of money that would be saved if every teacher went one day without pay has not been made public.The source said that school administrators have several plans on paper detailing layoffs and the moving of classrooms if the furlough effort does not work out.When first presented with the $1 million cut last week, Business Administrator Kevin McHugh said that he could take $500,000 from various areas in the current budget without touching teacher salaries, meaning that teachers sacrificing one day of pay could help erase the remainder of the deficit and keep classrooms intact.According to the school department source, union members received a notice this week informing them that a vote would be held next Wednesday, Feb. 11, on the furlough issue.If the vote passes, the union would still need to gain approval from the School Committee and Mayor Edward J. Clancy Jr.Union President Alice Gunning is out of town at a conference this week and was unavailable for comment Wednesday. A Lynn Teacher’s Union employee reached by phone Wednesday said she was not authorized to comment on the meeting.The teachers are not the only group in town tossing around the idea of furlough days, as several union heads met with Clancy last Friday morning to discuss that and other money and job saving options.Clancy said he is not opposed to furlough days, but warned that the logistics of the move are much more complicated than they may appear on the surface. In addition, the mayor would only support the move if all department unions in the city agreed to take a day rather than each group acting separately.”I had a meeting with most of the bargaining units last Friday, and I told them that I would be glad to entertain any proposals that can save money or save jobs,” he said. “If all of our people want to do something that will save money and save jobs I am all for it, but I don’t see how you can make individual changes (to individual departments.)”Clancy says that balancing the $2.7 million cut if each department goes its own way would be lengthy and complicated – two things that do not mix well with an immediate emergency budget cut.”It has to be (all departments together) otherwise I think it becomes untenable,” he said. “Who is going to be in a position to put all of those pieces together?”Last year, Councilor at Large Paul Crowley proposed all municipal employees take one furlough day without pay to help balance the fiscal year 2009 budget.The idea never made its way to the City Council for a vote because several councilors were reportedly wary of the idea.”If we had done it, our problems wouldn’t be as bad right now,” he said. “But it has to be worked out to everyone’s satisfaction.”At the time, Crowley said the voluntary furlough day would have saved roughly $700,000 – enough money to save several teaching positions and public safety employees. With the new proposal to save teaching positions, Crowley said he agrees with the notion and said if it’s approved, all employees in union and non-un