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RES-2012-055 <br /> 2) County Employee Pay and Benefits Plan <br /> Provide a County employee pay and benefits plan that includes: <br /> a. Cost of living and merit increase equating p to 3% in compensation. <br /> • <br /> 9 p <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 /> • <br /> Revenues Increase T Decrease <br /> Manager's Recommended Revenue Budget $178,478,100 <br /> Appropriated Fund Balance $1,524,676 <br /> Total Revenue Changes $1,524,676 $0 <br /> Revised Revenue Budget 180,002,776 <br /> Expenditures Increase Decrease <br /> Manager's Recommended Expenditure Budget $178,478,100 <br /> Additional Funding to Dispute Settlement Center $51,000 <br /> Additional funds to budget for Fire Marshal position $10,716 <br /> Additional Library funding (additional 4 hours/week at Central Library) $51,460 <br /> Scholarship Fund through DSS $10,000 <br /> Additional funding to Freedom House $1,000 <br /> Reserve for Rogers Road Community Center $120,000 <br /> Increase Per Pupil Funding ($65 per pupil) $1,280,500 <br /> Total Expenditure Changes $1,524,676 $0 <br /> Revised Expenditure Budget $180,002,776 <br /> • <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br />