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6 B. VACATION AND SICK LEAVE REVISIONS TO THE PERSONNEL ORDINANCE Human Resources Director Elaine Holmes reported on the proposed revisions to the Vacation Leave and Sick Leave sections of the Orange County Personnel Ordinance. The vacation leave earning proposal would provide for all permanent employees vacation leave earning based on total county service without the five year waiting period. This involves three employees. On the maximum accumulation for vacation leave this change would provide that vacation leave may accumulate without a maximum until January 31 at which time any excess would be canceled. Upon termination, the maximum amount paid would be 240 hours. With regard to the sick leave policy, this change would allow an employee to transfer sick leave and eliminates the current fifteen (15) day limit. The County Commissioners asked that further information be provided on the following items: 1. The number of people who would be affected by the change in the sick leave policy. 2. Financial analysis of what the changes to Section 5.3 . 1, 5.4 and 6.5 will cost. 3 . The number of employees who have 240 days accumulated. C. IMPACT FEES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES John Link and Planning Director Marvin Collins reported on the issues involved in developing an impact fee structure for school capital needs in Orange County. It is hoped that a system of fees can be thoroughly discussed and ready for implementation next July 1. One concern is that whatever fees may be established that they be established in such a way that the cost that new development generates is borne by new development and at the same time not passed on to existing development. In answer to a question from Commissioner Gordon, Marvin Collins explained that in terms of the offsets, as part of the process of establishing fees a decision would need to be made as to the type of facilities the Board wants to finance with these fees. He explained that benefits could be approached in three ways: (1) County as a whole, (2) school districts, or (3) more specific to the types of schools. There could be two geographical zones where in one zone impact fees would not be charged and in the other zone they would be charged. Commissioner Wilihoit stated that it may be that the policies of the two school districts in allowing for the transfer of students may affect the County's ability to do it on a countywide basis. He noted that the cost of providing classroom space for one child in the school system is from $8,000 to $12, 000. He questioned why the County could not assess a fee of $1,000 per residence and proceed on that basis making it countywide. Geoffrey Gledhill stated that they may need to separate the two districts because the development in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district does not impact the capital needs of the Orange County school district. Chair Carey stated that the need is different in each school