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Attachment 3 4/14/98 Employee Transition from Town of Chapel Hill to Orange County Employment 1. Over the last year, Orange County Personnel staff and Town of Chapel Hill staff have completed a number of activities related to identifying, assessing and working through transition issues involved if the Town of Chapel Hill Solid Waste employees became Orange County employees. Activities completed include: a. Drafting of requests for proposals and contracting with two consultants to assist in the transition issues. This included: (1) Selection of a consultant to identify and recommend the appropriate classification and salary grade assignment for the involved Town positions within the Orange County classification and pay plan. (2) Selection of a consultant to compare the Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County employee benefits, analyze the differences and recommend the benefits and pay to maintain the current total compensation package for each employee at a substantially equivalent level. b. Completion of the classification study by the consultant. This included receipt of updated position descriptions, review of the results with County and Town personnel staff and the Solid Waste Management Director and resolution of concerns. c. Review and detailed comparison of the Town and County benefits by the consultant, analysis of the results, and identification of recommended handling. 2. There are a number of activities remaining to complete any employee transition to Orange County employment including: a. Updating of the classification, pay and benefits analysis done earlier, and reviewing the final outcomes of the classification, pay and benefits review with the County Manager and Town Manager. b. Reporting on the proposed pay and benefits handling to the Board of Commissioners and requesting approval for the classification plan amendments and benefits handling necessary for the proposed pay and benefits package. c. Extensive employee communications including group and individual meetings to explain the planned handling, to provide each employee with a full and individualized information package and to respond to questions. I Upon the transition and with the pay and benefits handling approved to provide a substantially equivalent total compensation package for the employees, the employees would become Orange County employees and be covered by the County's personnel policies and benefits programs.