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1 <br /> r <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 6, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item# E <br /> SUBJECT: Personnel Ordinance Revision-The Work Week <br /> DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: _Yes�Y No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1 -Draft Revision to Personnel Ordinance Elaine Holmes, Extension 2550 <br /> Article III, Section 1.0 <br /> 2 - Current Personnel Ordinance TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Article III, Section 1.0 Hillsborough- 732-8181 <br /> Durham- 688-7331 <br /> Mebane-227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill-967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider draft revisions to the Orange County Personnel Ordinance, <br /> Article III, Section 1.0, The Work Week, covering work schedules. <br /> BACKGROUND: Over the past several years there has been an increasing need to schedule <br /> employees to work prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. in order to best <br /> serve the needs of Orange County citizens,meet the operational needs of <br /> the department and provide for the most efficient use of the County's <br /> resources. For example: <br /> The Register of Deeds office has a need to convert records on the <br /> optical imaging system after business hours when the public is not <br /> trying to access these records. <br /> As the Social Services Department begins to implement welfare <br /> reform which is focused on moving people off of welfare and into <br /> work, employees in the this department will need more frequently <br /> to make appointments to see clients after the traditional work day. <br /> There is a need for work schedules flexible enough to accommodate the <br />