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SECTION 3:SUSPENSION <br /> County may suspend the Employee without pay and benefits at any time during the term of <br /> employment, but only if a majority of the Board votes to suspend Employee for cause, provided, <br /> however, that Employee shall have been given written notice setting forth any allegations or charges <br /> at least ten (10) days prior thereto by the County Attorney. The County may suspend the employee <br /> with pay without notice at any time. <br /> For purposes of this Agreement cause shall include misconduct as defined in G.S. 96-14(2) whether <br /> such misconduct occurs on or off the job, any felonious act committed by Employee, or an act <br /> punishable under the "reasons of personal conduct" clause as defined by the Orange County <br /> Personnel Ordinance. <br /> SECTION 4:TERMINATION/SEVERANCE <br /> A. This Employment Agreement may be terminated for acts by Employee constituting cause as cause <br /> is defined in Section 3 and subject to the same process as set out in Section 3. In the event this <br /> Agreement is terminated for cause, prior to its designated term, the Employee shall not be entitled <br /> to, nor shall County have further obligation to pay, Employee's salary or benefits as described in <br /> Section 7. <br /> B. Should the Board of County Commissioners decide for any reason other than those described and <br /> set out in Section 3 (above) to end the employment of the Employee the Employee shall be entitled <br /> to: Three (3) months full salary and health, dental, and life insurance coverage for the same period, <br /> plus payment for any accumulated sick leave and annual leave the Employee earned and <br /> accumulated, but not taken, within the period the Employee was an employee of Orange County. <br /> SECTION 5: RESIGNATION/NATURAL EXPIRATION <br /> A. In the event Employee voluntarily resigns his position with the County the Employee shall give the <br /> County forty-five (45) days written notice in advance of such resignation. In the event of such <br /> resignation and the Employee having given at least forty-five (45) days written advance notice, the <br /> Employee shall be entitled to be paid for any accumulated sick leave and annual leave earned but not <br /> taken but shall not be entitled to the severance benefit as set out in Section 4B above. At its sole <br /> option, the County has the right to waive this forty-five (45) days written notice provision if it so <br /> chooses. <br /> B. In the event Employee neither resigns nor is terminated and this Agreement and/or any <br /> extensions thereof expire at the end of the term of employment Employee shall be entitled to be paid <br /> for any accumulated sick leave and annual leave earned but not taken but shall not be entitled to the <br /> severance benefit as set out in Section 4B above. <br /> SECTION 6: DISABILITY <br /> If Employee becomes permanently disabled because of sickness, accident, injury, mental incapacity, <br /> or another health related issue and is unable to continue to perform the essential duties of the <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br />