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K <br />RES- 2013 -047 Attachment 1 <br />2) County Employee Pay and Benefits Plan <br />Provide a County employee pay and benefits plan that includes: <br />a. Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) of 2.0% for all permanent employees hired on or before June 30, <br />2013, effective July 1, 2013. <br />b. Increase the salary range maximums by 2.5% to allow those employees at or exceeding the range <br />to receive the 2.0% COLA. <br />c. An Employee Performance Award in the amount of $500 (proficient performance) or $1,000 <br />(exceptional performance), effective with WPPR review dates from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. <br />d. Continue the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non -law enforcement employees' <br />supplemental retirement accounts and implement a County match of up to $46.15 per pay period of <br />each employee's salary; continue the mandated Law Enforcement Officer contribution of 5.0% of <br />salary; and increase the County's contribution to the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement <br />System (LGERS) for all permanent employees. <br />e. Funding to address an employee health insurance increase up to 8.0% over current premiums, <br />effective January 1, 2014. <br />f. Maintaining the Living Wage at $10.97 per hour. <br />g. Extending the six -month hiring delay and the voluntary furlough program. <br />h. Addressing increased costs for Retiree Health Benefits. <br />3) Modifications to County Manager's FY 2013 -14 Recommended Annual Operating Budget <br />The following modifications to the County Manager's Recommended Budget are made: <br />Revenues <br />Increase I Decrease <br />Manager's Recommended Revenue Budget <br />$185,921,190 <br />BOCC Appropriation <br />$1,823,809 <br />Eliminate Animals Service's Proposed Fee Change for Microchips Program <br />($11,500) <br />Eliminate Proposed Public Affairs Position and Related Expenses <br />($122,052) <br />Social Justice Fund <br />$250,000 <br />Total Revenue Changes <br />$1,823,809 <br />11y oo) <br />Revised Revenue Budget 187,733,499 <br />Expenditures <br />Increase I Decrease <br />Manager's Recommended Expenditure Budget <br />$185,921,190 <br />Space Needs Analysis <br />$25,000 <br />Eliminate Operational Funds Animal Service's Proposed Fee Change <br />($2,587) <br />Eliminate Proposed Public Affairs Position and Related Expenses <br />($122,052) <br />Social Justice Fund <br />$250,000 <br />Outside Agencies: Additional Funding for Habitat for Humanity's A Brush <br />with Kindness Program <br />$10,000 <br />Outside Agencies: Additional Funding for Marion Cheek Jackson Center <br />$4,500 <br />Outside Agencies: Additional Funding for ArtsCenter <br />$3,000 <br />Outside Agencies: Additional Funding for Voices Together <br />$5,000 <br />Outside Agencies: Additional Funding for Boys & Girls Club <br />$5,000 <br />Outside Agencies: Additional Funding for Piedmont Agricultural Food Ctr <br />$10,400 <br />Outside Agencies: Additional Funding for El Futuro <br />$5,500 <br />Outside Agencies: Partially Fund Roger Eubanks Rd Neighborhd Assoc. <br />$1,000 <br />Outside Agencies: Additional Funding for Senior Care of Orange County <br />$5,000 <br />Schools: Increase Per Pupil Allocation by $81 <br />$1,612,548 <br />Total Expenditure Changes <br />$1,936,948 <br />$124,639 <br />Revised Expenditure Budget <br />$187,733,499 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />