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Financial Services Director Clarence Grier said that they chose a month with three pay <br /> periods to make it easier for employees, which would be October. <br /> Human Resources Director Michael McGinnis continued to explain this procedure. He <br /> said that the employees have been notified about this. Some employees were worried that <br /> their salaries were being withheld, and that is not the case. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked about the cash flow issue and if people will have enough <br /> vacation or sick leave to be paid the advance. Frank Clifton said that they are trying to make <br /> this as convenient as possible for employees. There are no cash flow problems right now. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that his concern is with the process. He said that he <br /> received eight anonymous letters from staff over the summer and some sentiments expressed <br /> relate to this item specifically and how the Board dealt with the budget. He said that he regrets <br /> throwing $500,000 on the floor during the budget without thinking of the employees. He thinks <br /> that the employees feel threatened by this economy and the changes taking place. He said <br /> that one way to address this is to have an opportunity where employees can ask questions of <br /> the senior staff before this is put into play. <br /> Frank Clifton said that there is an Employee Relations Committee and this issue has <br /> been discussed several times with employees. He has been very open and straightforward <br /> with the employees. <br /> Clarence Grier said that somewhere between $1-1.4 million has been lost in interest <br /> because of paying employees in advance. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz <br /> to adopt the amendment to Article Ill, section 1.0 of the Orange County Personnel Ordinance <br /> and approve the resolution authorizing use and advancement of up to forty hours of sick leave <br /> and personal and petty leave accrued through June 30, 2011 for the sole purpose of <br /> supplementing employee pay for the period ending October 8, 2010 during implementation of <br /> the payroll deferral. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE AND ADVANCEMENT OF SICK, PERSONAL AND <br /> PETTY LEAVE BY ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR THE PURPOSE OF <br /> SUPPLEMENTING PAY FOR THE PAY PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 8, 2010 <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Personnel Ordinance Article Ill, Section 1.0 provides <br /> that employees standard work week is from "12:01 am Monday until 12:00 midnight on <br /> Sunday;" and <br /> WHEREAS, permanent employees receive their paychecks on the Friday prior to the <br /> end of the workweek in which they are paid; and <br /> WHEREAS, this results in employees receiving paychecks based on the employee's <br /> anticipated work schedule instead of on the employees actual hours worked; and <br /> WHEREAS, this practice has caused several issues including overpayment of wages <br /> and difficulty in collection overpaid wages and delay in receipt of overtime compensation; and <br /> WHEREAS, in addition this practice makes it difficult to develop and implement an <br /> automated time and attendance process to not only cut down on errors in timekeeping and <br />