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1 e. Personnel Ordinance Revision -Living Waae Increase <br />2 The Board approved raising the living wage required for County employees from $8 per hour <br />to $8.20 per hour. <br />f. Personnel Ordinance Revision -Multilingual Recruitment and Hiring <br />This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda. <br />6 g; Amendment to Policv Governing Appointments to Boards and Commissions <br />7 The Board approved amending the policy governing boards and commissions to allow citizens <br />8 serving in two appointed positions to also serve on one short-term task force. <br />9 h. Board of Commissioners Meeting Calendar for Year 2000 <br />1o This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda. <br />11 i_ Benefits for County Commissioners <br />12 This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda. <br />13 L Change in Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Schedule <br />14 The Board amended its regular meeting schedule to add a joint meeting with the school <br />15 boards December 13, 1999, 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. <br />16 VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br />17 <br />18 ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA <br />19 a. Budget Amendment #4 <br />20 The Board considered budget ordinance amendments and capital and grant project <br />21 ordinances for fiscal year 1999-2000 included herein by reference. <br />22 Commissioner Jacobs asked about one of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Systems' capital <br />23 projects, specifically the one regarding athletic facilities. He was unclear as to where this matter was left <br />24 when it was discussed in the spring. He said that there were concerns about whether this project could <br />25 be coordinated with the development of the facilities of the Smith Middle School. He asked for some <br />26 more information. <br />27~ Bill Mullin said that the Smith Middle School project specifications and plans are out for bid at <br />28 this time. He said that the project mentioned in budget amendment #4 is not as far along as the Smith <br />29 Middle School project. He said that the timing of the two projects is not on the same track, so they could <br />3o not be coordinated. <br />31 Commissioner Jacobs asked if more efficiency was achieved by combining anything for the <br />32 two sets of athletic facilities. <br />13 Bill Mullin said that the two projects were operating on independent tracks. <br />•4 Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to see what has changed in this project since <br />~5 the adoption of the budget in June. <br />6 A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />~ approve budget amendment #4. <br />g VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />9 f. Personnel Ordinance Revision- Multilingual Recruitment and Hiring <br />~ The Board considered adding a multilingual hiring policy to the Orange County Personnel <br />1 Ordinance. <br />Commissioner Jacobs made a correction to the Personnel Ordinance Revision. He said that it <br />is repetitious to say, "bilingual language skills." He referred to item 3.12 and said that "language" should <br />~ be deleted in the last sentence. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to <br />approve the multilingual hiring policy in the Orange County Personnel Ordinance with the above change. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Commissioner Jacobs would like a report from Elaine Holmes on how many applied at the <br />booth at Fiesta del Pueblo. <br />h. Board of Commissioners Meeting Calendar for Year 2000 <br />The Board considered adopting its calendar of meetings for the 2000 calendar year. <br />Commissioner Jacobs suggested postponing this item until Commissioner Carey is in <br />attendance. He has problems with February 15`h and March 1S' <br />