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2) County Employee Pay and Benefits Plan RES- 2012 -0554 <br />Provide a County employee pay and benefits plan that includes: <br />a. Cost of living and merit increase equating up to 3% in compensation. <br />b. Funding to address an employee health insurance increase up to 23.0 %, effective January <br />1, 2013. <br />c. Increasing the Living Wage to $10.97 an hour. <br />d. Implementing recommendations of the County's FY 2011 -12 internal Classification and Pay <br />studies. <br />e. Extending the six -month hiring delay and the voluntary furlough program. <br />f. Continuing the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non -law enforcement <br />employees' 401(k) accounts. <br />g. Change the service requirement for employees to be eligible for full funding of post - <br />employment Health Insurance benefits from 10 years of County service to 20 years of <br />consecutive County service as a permanent employee beginning with all new hires on or <br />after July 1, 2012. <br />h. Change the County allocation for reimbursement of post -65 Medicare cost to 50% for <br />employees hired on or after July 1, 2012. <br />3) Modifications to County Manager's FY 2012 -13 Recommended Annual Operating Budget <br />The following modifications to the County Manager's Recommended Budget are made: <br />Revenues <br />Increase <br />I Decrease <br />Manager's Recommended Revenue Budget <br />$178,478,100 <br />Appropriated Fund Balance <br />$1,524,676 <br />Additional funds to budget for Fire Marshal position <br />$10,716 <br />Additional Library funding (additional 4 hours /week at Central Library) <br />Total Revenue Changes <br />$1,524,676 <br />$0 <br />Revised Revenue Budget 180,002,776 <br />Expenditures <br />Increase Decrease <br />Manager's Recommended Expenditure Budget <br />$178,478,100 <br />Additional Funding to Dispute Settlement Center <br />$51,000 <br />Additional funds to budget for Fire Marshal position <br />$10,716 <br />Additional Library funding (additional 4 hours /week at Central Library) <br />$51,460 <br />Scholarship Fund through DSS <br />$10,000 <br />Additional funding to Freedom House <br />$1,000 <br />Reserve for Rogers Road Community Center <br />$120,000 <br />Increase Per Pupil Funding ($65 per pupil) <br />$1,280,500 <br />Total Expenditure Changes <br />$1,524,676 <br />$0 <br />Revised Expenditure Budget <br />$180,002,776 <br />