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• <br />u <br />MEETING DATE: 06!17/2003 NUMBER: P:0480 <br />EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01!2003 REVISIONS: A03/20/1991 <br />A04/04/ 1993 <br />A10/06/1998 <br />A06/O1/1999 <br />A11/03/1999 <br />AOS/08/2002 <br />A06/27/02 <br />A06/ 17/03 <br />POLICY: Commissioners Compensation/Benefits/Travel <br />This Policy Combines Policies <br />Includes Letter from Attorney Geoff Gledhill in reference to Compensation of <br />Board of Commissioners <br />310 Commissioners' Salary, <br />430 Procedure for Local Travel Expense Reimbursement <br />481 Commissioners' Compensation Adjustment <br />X83 ' ' ~ <br />Section IX. Board of Commissioners' Compensation <br />The Board of County Commissioners authorizes that: <br />Salaries of County Commissioners will be adjusted by any cost of living increase, any in- <br />range salary increase and/or any other general increase granted to permanent County <br />employees. This includes adjusting Commissioners' salaries effective July 1, 2003 by the <br />equivalent of the 2.5 percent service based increase granted permanent employees in <br />April 2003 with Phase 1 Classification and Pay Study implementation. It also includes <br />adjusting Commissioners' salaries by the percentage amount of any service based <br />increase for employees when authorized to be effective as part of Phase 2 of the <br />Classification and Pay Study. <br />Annual compensation for County Commissioners will include the County contribution <br />for health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance that is provided for permanent <br />County employees, provided the Commissioners are eligible for this coverage under the <br />insurance contracts and other contracts affecting these benefits. <br />County Commissioners' compensation includes eligibility to continue to participate in the <br />County health insurance at term end as provided below: <br />If the County Commissioner has served less than two full terms in office (less than eight <br />years), the Commissioner may participate by paying the full cost of such coverage. (If <br />the Commissioner is age 65 or older, Medicare becomes the primary insurer and group <br />health insurance ends.) <br />• <br />