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Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />Action Agenda Item Abstract <br />Meeting Date: November 17, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. S•L <br />Subject: Classification Plan Amendment -Computer Network Administrator <br />Department: Information Systems and Personnel <br />Attachment(s): <br />1 -Computer Network Administrator <br />Class Specification <br />2 - IT Committee Recommendation <br />Public Hearing: Yes No X <br />Budget Amendment <br />Needed: Yes No X <br />Information Contact: <br />Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br />Extension 2550 <br />Dick Taylor, Information Systems <br />Director, Extension 2276 <br />Telephone Number: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Purpose: To consider amending the Orange County Classification and <br />Pay Plan by changing the class of Microcomputer Specialist at <br />Salary Grade 70 ($33,111 - $52,650) to Computer Network <br />Administrator at Salary Grade 71 ($34,768 - $55,282). <br />Background: The Information Systems Director asked Personnel to conduct a <br />classification study of the Microcomputer Specialist because of <br />changes in duties and responsibilities that have occurred over <br />the past several years. <br />In 1991, Orange County purchased its first network. In July <br />1992, the County created the then new position of <br />Microcomputer Specialist to support this network. This was a <br />mainframe-oriented, stand alone network with about 100 <br />personal computers (PCs) all located in one County building. <br />Over the past several years, the County has evolved from a <br />mainframe-oriented installation with one user network to a client <br />server installation with servers in nine County buildings and <br />additional servers scheduled to be implemented in the near <br />future. This development has resulted in the Microcomputer <br />