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1 APPROVED MAY 4, 1999 ATTACHMENT 2 <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 5 <br />4 WORK SESSION <br />5 OCTOBER 13, 1998 <br />6 <br />7 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session on October 13, 1998 at <br />8 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at the Government Services Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />9 <br />10 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret W. Brown, and Commissioners Moses <br />11 Carey, Jr., William L. Crowther, Alice M. Gordon and Stephen H. Halkiotis. <br />12 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />13 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod <br />14 Visser and Albert Kittrell and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified <br />15 appropriately below) <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />19 AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING <br />20 WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />21 <br />22 ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION <br />23 <br />24 John Link said that we are here to respond to questions from the County Commissioners <br />25 about employee compensation. <br />26 <br />27 Chair Brown made reference to a proposal that she distributed with an outline of issues that <br />28 she feels are important. She explained her proposal in detail. She said she felt a central issue was <br />29 salary progression and her proposal was based on Option 1 -the COLA/market based pay option - <br />30 in the pay and benefits report prepared by the Personnel Director Elaine Holmes. A copy of her <br />31 proposal is attached to these minutes. <br />32 <br />33 Chair Brown emphasized the importance of reinstating our present pay plan for the year <br />34 (1998-99) and to implement a plan effective July 1, 1999 for two years. <br />35 <br />36 Commissioners Carey and Gordon noted that Commissioner Brown's proposed plan has the <br />37 same foundation as our current pay plan but increases the amounts. <br />38 <br />39 Commissioner Gordon said that she was interested in attempting to match the award more <br />40 closely with achievement. She said that the effect of Option 1 is that about everyone gets the same <br />41 increase regardless of performance. Employees will get 2.5% added to their salary. In addition <br />42 they will receive a lump sum amount if they achieve a superior or exceptional rating. She noted that <br />43 Option 3 -Department Based pay in the material prepared by the Personnel Director - is the one <br />44 that gives more flexibility to match pay and achievement and she compared it with a similar salary <br />45 program at the University of North Carolina. <br />46 <br />47 Chair Brown made reference to the equity/retention fund and said that allocation would be <br />48 determined by the Board of County Commissioners each year. It is suggested that this amount be <br />49 $25,000 for the first year. <br />50 <br />