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Orange County Board of Commissioners Action Agenda Item Abstract Meeting Date: January 18, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. g- c Subject: Solid Waste Employee Transfer Plan -Employee Pay and Benefits Department: Personnel Public Hearing: Yes No X Budget Amendment Needed: Yes No X Attachment(s): - Solid Waste Agreement Employee Provisions 2 -Working List of Benefits Covered Information Contact: Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director Extension 2550 Telephone Number: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham Mebane 688-7331 227-2031 Purpose: To consider approving in concept the plan for managing employee pay and benefits with the transfer of Town of Chapel Hill Solid Waste employees to Orange County effective March 20, 2000. To meet the March 20 effective date, it is necessary that the Board consider the transfer plan now so that work can be completed in time. for March 20 implementation. Background: In August the Orange County Board of Commissioners approved the "Agreement for Solid Waste Management." Subsequently in September the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro approved the agreement. Under this agreement, Town of Chapel Hill Solid Waste Department employees will. become Orange County employees effective March 20, 2000. There are 28 permanent Town of Chapel Hill Solid Waste employees and about five temporary employees. Interlocal Agreement Provisions Attachment 1 contains the provisions from the Solid Waste Agreement covering terms of the employee transfer from the Town to the County. In summary, this provides that: ^ With the transfer to Orange County, each transferred employee's total compensation (pay and benefits) will be maintained at a "substantially equivalent" level to the total compensation provided by the Town of Chapel Hill as of the transfer date, although the combination of pay and benefits for any employee will change because of the differences in benefits provided by the Town and the County.