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brief summary of the direction they hope to pursue. 591 Commissioner Insko stated that she feels what this committee is doing fits very neatly with reinventing government -- how can we do the best job we can with limited resources. Since people are changing, technology and demands are changing so the County has to constantly look at citizen expectations. Chair Carey stated he feels that EMS needs to be integrated with the ' Rescue Squad services and other services. In answer to a question from Commissioner Gordon, Norman Gustaveson stated that at some point the responsibility for implementing, overseeing and monitoring the strategic plan must be determined. This may be the role of an expanded EMS Board or Advisory Council. This responsibility will require a diversity of experience in this field and expertise in specific areas. Shirley Marshall, member of the EMS Advisory Council, noted that the representation on the Council from the municipalities has been inadequate. Chair Carey commended the Council on what they have thus accomplished stating that he feels they are going in the right direction. Norm Gustaveson stated that they will continue evaluating and putting a report together from the information received from the three subcommittees. They have no recommendation for the budget at this time. SALARY PLAN PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ISSUES Chair Carey presented for Board discussion four basic policy issues. 1. Does the Board want to continue with a Work Planning Performance Review system? 2. Does the Board want to continue to tie Performance Evaluation to Merit Pay? 3. What types of salary increases does the Board want to continue to pursue? 4. What consistency should there be between increases in salary plans and other aspects of the County budget? Commissioner Gordon stated she feels there are.not enough women in the system and that the salaries of the women department heads are lower than men department heads. She asked that this issue be addressed. She feels the Work Planning Performance Review (WPPR) system is working unless it is contributing to lower salaries for women. There was a consensus of the Board that there needs to be a performance review system which provides for an annual evaluation and a cooperative mutual interchange. With regard to issue number 2 stated above, Commissioner Insko asked if the department heads and other supervisory positions benefit more from merit pay and has the gap between their pay and the next highest person widened. She also questioned if the merit pay plan produced a system whereby the County is paying above the market rate for certain positions. Chair Carey stated that since the WPPR system rewards people for lower performance standards less than outstanding, it may not be achieving the desired objective. John Link noted that the present method gives a percentage increase. He asked the Board if they wanted to consider lump sums for merit and if so would it be added to the permanent base pay or paid separately.