ORD-2007-127 - Equipment and Vehicles Project Capital Project Ordinance

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• 3 percent Cost of Living increase effective July 1, 2007 for permanent employees • In- range salary increases ranging from 1 to 2 percent for employees whose work performance is rated proficient or higher work performance effective on the employees' performance review date • $2.50 increase.. in County 401 (k) .contribution for non -sworn law enforcement employees from $25 to $27.50 per pay period effective July 1, 2007 • Increase the County's Living Wage for employees from $9.62 per hour to $10.12 per hour effective July 1, 2007 10) To adopt the recommended County Fee Schedule with the following exceptions: Animal Services — Current fees for Animal Services Civil Penalties and Fines will remain at the fiscal year 2006 -07 rates until the Animal Services Advisory Board and Board of County Commissioners agree upon a public education and outreach. program PUBLIC COMMENT: CHCCS Board Member Lisa Stuckey said that this has been a hard budget season, and she thanked the County Commissioners for the work they have done this year and for listening to the public. She said that the budget supports almost all of the needs of the growth and the mandated pay increases from the State. She agreed about looking for a cooperative budget process. She also looks forward to some clarification on the fund balance situation. VOTE: Ayes, 4;; No, 1 (Commissioner Nelson) Attachments 3 and 4 Donna Coffey said that this includes only the projects that will receive pay -as- you -:go funds in 2007 -08. Attachment 4 includes all of the capital project ordinances that are included in Attachment 3, but it also includes ordinances` that have an expiration date of June 30, 2007 that need to be continued. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the Information Technology capital projects on Attachment 3. He suggested that a higher priority be placed on those projects that interface with the public. Previously, IT had the Clerk to the Board putting up minutes and ordinances for citizen searches last, and now it has the Library replacement computers last. He said that people are complaining that the library computers are very slow and inconsistent. He suggested that these projects be reprioritized based on a service model to the public. Laura Blackmon will follow up on this. Commissioner Gordon said that she thought the Board was going to go through Attachment 3 in order to discuss these. She does not believe that all of these projects need to be adopted. She thought that the Board should approve the Manager's recommended allocation for the previous commitments. She would also like the Manager to come back with options for space needs. She does not want to obligate all of the pay -as- you -go funds yet. She thinks that the Board should' obligate items 1, 2, 3, and 9. Laura Blackmon said that some of these items, such as Information Technology, are a year's worth of work, and if they do not approve it, they will be months behind. She said that