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ORANGE COUNTY- <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 15, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. III <br />SUBJECT: 1999-2000 Operating and Capital Budget Issues <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) NO-71 <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />■ As noted in "Background" section John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Donna Dean, ext 2151 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham .688-7331 <br />Mebane . 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To complete discussion of the Manager's Recommended 1999-2000 Budget and <br />provide direction to staff in preparing the 1999-2000 Budget Ordinance and. related documents. <br />BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented his recommended budget for FY 1999-2000 <br />to the Board of Commissioners on May 27, 1999. Budget public hearings were held on May 27 <br />and June 3. The Board held a budget work session on June 8 and discussed major elements <br />such as. school funding, new staff resources, a ' nd an itemization of topics which would require <br />additional background information and/or discussion at this June 15 work session. Adoption of <br />the 1999-2000 budget ordinance and related documents is scheduled for the Board's June 21, <br />1999 regular meeting. <br />The balance of this abstract (with attachments as noted) outlines the issues that the Board is <br />slated to, decide at this final 1999-2000 budget work session. <br />A. Compensation (COLA and In-Range Adjustment) <br />During April and May 1999 budget work sessions, the Board confirmed the major elements <br />of the employee pay and benefits plan through the year 2000-2001 that it had designed at <br />its October 1998 work session. The Board indicated that it wished to reserve its decisions <br />about cost-of-living and in-range. adjustments until the June 15 work session. The Manager's <br />recommended budget includes a: <br />1. 2.5 percent cost-of-living increase for employees effective July 1, 1999, and <br />2. 2.5 percent in-range salary adjustment for employees whose work performance is <br />proficient or higher, effective with employees' annual performance reviews. <br />