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The third motion was to adopt the 2000-01 Salary Schedule which reflects a 2.75% cost of <br />living increase effective July 1, 2000. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />adopt the 2000-01 Salary Schedule, including the 2.75 percent Cost-of-Living increase effective <br />July 1, 2000. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />The fourth motion was to adopt the Personnel Ordinance Revisions which include the <br />continuation of the in-range increases of one-half step, that is 2.5°I° for employees with WPPR <br />review dates of July 1, 2000 and after; and to increase the County's living wage for employees <br />from $8.20 per hour to $8.45 per hour. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked about the other money that was set aside. Donna Dean said <br />that they had set this money aside in the miscellaneous function. Commissioner Halkiotis asked <br />that an asterisk (*) be put in to make sure it is remembered where the money was set aside. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />adopt the personnel ordinance revisions related to the following: <br />To continue the in-range salary increases of one half step (approximately 2.5%) for <br />employees with WPPR Review Dates of July 1, 2000 and after and to increase the County's Living <br />Wage for employees from $8.20 per hour to $8.45 per hour. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />The fifth motion was to adopt the County Fee Schedule as presented in the County <br />Manager's Recommended Budget. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to <br />adopt the County Fee Schedule as presented in the County Manager's Recommended Budget. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />3. Capital Investment Plan (CIP <br />Jahn Link distributed a sheet and said that the staff was asking the Board to consider <br />addressing the CIP in categories. These were highlighted in yellow on the sheet. The first <br />consideration was to extend the end dates of the projects from June 30, 2000 to June 30, 2001. <br />These are ongoing projects and the funding has not changed, but the projects are not finished. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to <br />extend the ending date of the projects as listed in the document entitled, "Adoption of the 2000-10 <br />Orange County Capital Investment Plan", from June 30, 2000 to June 30, 2001. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />The second consideration was the Level One Projects. These are projects that are time <br />sensitive and the schools need to get started an in the course of the summer. The projects that <br />are highlighted in yellow need to be acted on before the Board adjourns on June 29tH <br />Commissioner Gordon would like to go ahead and approve all of the projects after some <br />questions are answered. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked far a reminder about the Information Technology and the <br />Triangle Sportsplex pieces. John Link said that the Triangle Sportsplex was the continuation of the <br />appropriation that the County committed to. The IT project is to carry forward with the plan for <br />replacing PCs and so forth. <br />Rod Visser said that the IT plan was included in the $600,000 per year. One of the time <br />sensitive aspects is the purchase of PCs. Another time sensitive aspect is the $140,000 that was <br />set aside for the last phase of the Atlantic Technologies contract to provide some additional GIS <br />data. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to the alternative-fueled vehicles and asked about <br />the vehicle replacements for Orange County Government. He said that there might be an <br />