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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 9, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 2 <br />SUBJECT: Pav and Benefits Presentation <br />DEPARTMENT: Human Resources <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Summaries of Current and Renewal <br />Option Costs for Active Employees and <br />Pre-65 Retirees <br />2. Current and Renewal Option Costs <br />Detail for Active Employees and Pre- <br />65 Retirees <br />3. Comparison of Current and Alternate <br />Plan Designs <br />4. Summary of Benefits Provided by <br />Other Jurisdictions <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Katherine Cathey, Interim Human <br />Resources Director, 245-2553 <br />Diane Shepherd, Benefits Manager, 245- <br />2558 <br />PURPOSE: To receive information and provide feedback to staff on employee pay and <br />benefits for FY 2011-12. <br />BACKGROUND: Staff has provided information relating to FY 2011-12 employee pay and <br />benefits in Attachments 1 through 4 and in Appendix A of the Manager's Recommended <br />Budget. The information provided includes background information on employee pay and <br />benefits over recent years and information on specific pay and benefits plan elements, including <br />employee and retiree health insurance, the County's living wage and supplemental retirement <br />benefits. Key components of the recommended employee pay and benefits plan include: <br />• No cost of living increase or in-range salary increase. <br />• Funding to address an employee health insurance increase up to 1.5.0%, effective <br />January 1, 2012. <br />• Increasing the Living Wage to $10.81 an hour. <br />• Implementing recommendations of the County's FY 2010-11 internal Classification and <br />Pay studies. <br />• Extending the six-month hiring freeze and the voluntary furlough program. <br />• Continuing the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non-law enforcement <br />employees' 401(k) accounts. <br />Increasing the County's contribution to the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement <br />System (LGERS) for all permanent employees. <br />An essential part of maintaining the County workforce is its employee pay and benefits plan. In <br />the FY 2008-09 Budget, the Board approved the most recent increase in salaries, which <br />included a 2.25% cost of living increase and a 1.0% or 2.0% in-range salary increase based on <br />