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some latitude within that to da some things related to employee discounts, seniors, children, etc. These discussions will continue and recommendations are forthcoming. Commissioner Halkiotis asked for a listing of all unfilled positions and the amount. Donna Dean-Coffey said that, with regard to the hiring freeze, they have saved about $1 million. She will provide the list of unfilled positions. Commissioner Gordon also asked for this list. Commissioner Gordon asked about the projected cast savings from the 120-day hiring delay and Donna Dean-Coffey said that this is not for new positions but positions that become vacant within the year. Commissioner Gordon asked what would happen if the position is not an urgent one and John Link said that they would advertise within 60 days because it would take another 60 days to fill the position. Donna Dean-Coffey said that they used to let money go back into the general fund, but in the last three years the money has not gone back into the general fund. It is basically lapse salary and the County has not seen this in the past couple of years. The hiring delay savings has been budgeted far Miscellaneous/Non-departmental this year, which is in section 3-32. Commissioner Gordon asked for more clarification and Finance Director Ken Chavious said that any lapsed salaries beyond the hiring delay goes into the fund balance. Commissioner Gordon asked about the new positions and Donna Dean-Coffey said that they have budgeted for a full year far the positions that have been recommended. Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to overtime and asked which department was using the most overtime. Donna Dean-Coffey said that most of it was being used by public safety -Sheriff, EMS, Public Works, and OPT Drivers. Chair Jacobs said that one of the recommendations is to replace same of the temporary and overtime in EMS with permanent positions. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about what Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough are doing for employees this year and Tyrone Jackson said that Carrboro is proposing a 3.5% pay for performance system; Chapel Hill is proposing a 3% salary increase for eligible employees; and Hillsborough is proposing a 2°~ COLA and 5% based on performance. b. Additional Staff Resources John Link made reference to Appendix E and the green pages. He said that he would recommend that as they go through each of the categories that the department heads came and sit with the County Commissioners. Category 1 includes five positions that they are recommending go from time- limited to permanent. The rationale is that these positions have been in existence far several years and the workload is not going away. The label of "time-limited" makes it hard to recruit for these positions. Commissioner Halkiotis asked how many Code Compliance Officers there were and Planning Director Craig Benedict answered eight. Commissioner Halkiotis asked how much money was generated in revenue for Orange County and Craig Benedict said over $700,000. The new positions have been added because of the complaints that it takes so long to get inspections done.