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Page 1 <br /> 1 <br /> O R A N G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 18, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # VZLC-� <br /> SUBJECT: Conversion of Excess Vacation Leave to Sick Leave <br /> DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br /> 1 - Draft Resolution Ext. 2551 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 2 - Draft Personnel Ordinance Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Revisions to Vacation and Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Sick Leave Sections Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider revising the Orange County Personnel <br /> Ordinance to provide that Vacation Leave over 240 <br /> hours as of January 31 of each year is converted to <br /> Sick Leave. <br /> BACKGROUND: State Action <br /> The 1993 N.C. General Assembly adopted legislation <br /> changing State policy as to Vacation Leave <br /> accumulation for State employees and teachers. The <br /> policy change provides that Vacation Leave over 240 <br /> hours as of the year end is converted to Sick Leave <br /> rather than being cancelled. Such Sick Leave is <br /> available for use as Sick Leave and may be applied <br /> toward retirement service credit. <br /> NCACC Advice <br /> Since the State action, the North Carolina <br /> Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) has <br /> reviewed the matter including coordination with the <br /> N.C. Local Government Employees Retirement System. <br /> The NCACC has advised that counties have the <br /> authority to adopt a similar policy. <br /> Current Orange County Policy <br /> Currently the Orange County Personnel Ordinance <br /> provides that earned Vacation Leave may be <br /> accumulated without a maximum until <br /> January 31 of each year. On that date, any <br /> earned, unused Vacation Leave in excess of 240 <br /> hours is cancelled. <br />