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Employee Pay and Benefits - Continued Summary of FY 2012 -13 Pay and Benefits Plan • Provided a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) of 2.0% for all permanent employees hired on or before July 1, 2012; • Provided an Employee Performance Award in the amount of $500 (proficient performance) or $1,000 (exceptional performance), effective with WPPR Review Dates from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013; • Funded an increase in health insurance costs of up to 23.0% over current premiums, effective January 1, 2013; • Increased the living wage to $10.97 per hour; • Implemented recommendations of the County's FY 2011 -12 internal Classification and Pay Study; • Extended the six -month hiring delay; • Extended the voluntary furlough program; • Continued the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non -law enforcement employees' 401(k) accounts and the mandated Law Enforcement Officer contribution and decreased the County's contribution to the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System (LGERS) for all permanent employees; and • Addressed Increased Costs for Retiree Health Benefits by restricting $3.0 million of FY 2011 -12 fund balance for the long -term liabilities associated with funding retiree health benefits and revised the Retiree Health Insurance provisions of the Personnel Ordinance. Throughout the difficult economic times, County employees have worked together to embrace and drive change throughout the organization. As the County workforce has decreased in numbers, departments have combined and services have been evaluated and revised, employees have continued to demonstrate an outstanding spirit of dedication to serving the residents of Orange County. With this in mind, the desire to maintain strong health insurance benefits in the face of ever - increasing health insurance costs and to provide added compensation for current employees once again drive the Manager's recommendations for funding employee pay and benefits in FY 2013 -14. Recommended FY 2013 -14 Employee Pay and Benefits Plan (detail provided below) • A Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) of 2.0% for all permanent employees hired on or before June 30, 2013, effective July 1, 2013; • Increase the salary range maximums by 2.5% to allow those employees at or exceeding the range to receive the 2.0% COLA; • An Employee Performance Award in the amount of $500 (proficient performance) or $1,000 (exceptional performance), effective with WPPR review dates from July 17 2013 to June 30, 2014; • Continue the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non -law enforcement employees' supplemental retirement accounts and implement a County match of up to $46.15 per pay period of each employee's salary; continue the mandated Law Enforcement Officer contribution of 5.0% of salary; and increase the f•XLI