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Resolution of Intent to Adopt the 2009-10 Orange Gounfy Budgetq, <br />2) County Employee Pay and Benefits Plan <br />Provide a County employee pay and benefits plan that includes: <br />a) No Cost of Living Adjustment for FY 2009-10 <br />b) No in-range salary increases for proficient or higher work performance effective for fiscal year <br />2009-10 <br />c) Suspends, effective July 1, 2009, the County's 401 (k) contribution for non-sworn law <br />enforcement employees <br />d) Maintains the County's Living Wage for employees at $10.12 per hour <br />e) Establishes a Retirement Incentive Package for County employees eligible to retire according to <br />criteria established by the North Carolina Local Government Employees' Retirement System <br />(NCLGERS) <br />f) Implements atwelve-month hiring freeze, effective July 1, 2009, for all vacant positions <br />occurring in FY 2009-10 <br />g) Establishes a Voluntary Unpaid Leave option allowing employees to temporarily reduce their <br />hours in times of reduced fiscal resources without suffering a loss of leave accruals or benefits <br />h) Implements position reclassifications, classification title changes, and addition/deletion of <br />classifications identified on pages 18 through 21 of Appendix A of the FY 2009-10 County <br />Manager's Recommended Annual Operating Budget (attached) <br />3) Modifications to County Manager's FY 2009-10 Recommended Annual Operating Budget <br />The following modifications to the County Manager's FY 2009-10 Recommended Annual Operating <br />Budget are made: <br />A ro riations• <br /> Library Services -Open the Main Library for 54 hours per <br />1. week and maintain branch libraries' hours. at FY 2008-09 <br /> level of service $436,870 <br />2. Reduce BOCC travel by 50% $12,000 <br />3. Reduce BOCC Contingency $30,000 <br /> Reduce FY 2009-10 appropriation to DSS Safety Net (Carry <br />4. forward Critical Needs Reserve Appropriation from FY 2008- <br /> Og ($150,000 <br /> <br />5 Reduce Blackwood Farm @ New Hope FY 2009-10 Pay-As- <br />' You-Go Capital Appropriation $110,000 <br /> Reduce Millhouse Road Park FY 2009-10 Pay-As-You-Go <br />6' Capital Appropriation $60,000 <br /> Reduce Observation Well Network FY 2009-10 Pay-As-You- <br />7' Go Capital Appropriation $24,870 <br /> Reduce Libraries -Future Facilities FY 2009-10 Pay-As-You- <br />8' Go Capital Appropriation $50,000 <br />Total Changes to Recommended Appropriations $0 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />