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2 Commissioner Carey asked for an explanation of the $100,000 performance award. Elaine Holmes said that basically each department will get $250.00 and then another amount distributed on a prorate basis. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the performance awards and suggested having Commissioners' meritorious service awards based upon a recommendation from the Manager up to 10% of an employee's pay. The $100,000 would be used for these meritorious awards. This would give the County Commissioners a chance to reward the very highest outstanding employees. She will write this up as a proposal. Commissioner Halkiotis said that it sounds Pike a good concept but he has a problem with the County Commissioners picking and choosing. He will wait for a written proposal. Commissioner Carey said that he generally has a problem with having elected officials getting involved with individual employee decisions. Commissioner Halkiotis asked for information on what Person, Alamance and Chatham counties are offering for a pay plan this year. John Link made reference to the suggestion from Commissioner Gordon and said that this may have an implication with the Personnel Ordinance which outlines the responsibility of the Manager and the responsibility of the County Commissioners. Elaine Holmes said that she will bring back information on how much the 401 K benefit will cost over a five year period. Commissioner Carey asked if this proposal will best address all three of the issues. John Link said that it would. He feels you need to put money as part of the base or move people up on the salary scale. Commissioner Gordon said that with regard to compression she would like more information on how this is happening. She asked where we are having particular problems and asked about the people pertorming well and paid very little. She feels that this needs to be addressed. Commissioner Halkiotis said that last year we had 31 outstanding evaluations and 40 this year and asked how many were repeats and how many come from the lower end of the scale. Commissioner Carey said that his organization is also experiencing recruitment problems and also the compression problem. Elaine Holmes emphasized that these problems are across the board. DEPARTMENT BUDGETS County Commissioners' Office Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe distributed information on the workload in her department and explained how the workload has increased over the last year. She presented information on the work duties of the Information Specialist in her department. She explained the duties of the new part-time position she is requesting saying that this person will be the staff support for the Human Services Advisory Committee and manage the database for all the County Boards and Commissions. This position replaces a position shared with the Manager's office since that half-time position is part of the Manager's staff.