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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 17, 2008 Action Agenda Item No. 5 SUBJECT: Transition of Long Term Temporary Funding to Meet Permanent County Staff Needs DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Positions Proposed As Part of Transition of Long Term Temporary Funding to Meet Permanent County Staff Needs INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Blackmon, (919) 245-2300 Donna Coffey, (919) 245-2151 Michael McGinnis, (919) 245-2552 PURPOSE: To review and discuss a plan to transition long term temporary funding to meet permanent County staff needs. BACKGROUND: Over the last few years, the Board has expressed concern about the County's use of temporary employees and the amount of funding dedicated to this line item. As Department Directors prepared their 2008-09 fiscal year budgets, the Manager directed them to review their department's use of temporary monies. Staff plans to implement an internal budget management tool in the upcoming fiscal year that allows departments to categorize their temporary employees into the following categories: / Seasonal Employees / Student Intern / Temporary Employees / Time Limited Part-Time Employees While in some instances, such as re-employing retirees on a part-time basis, departments are able to meet workload demands, there are instances where departments have filled more permanent staffing needs through use of long-term temporary employees. This year, as Department Directors developed their budget requests, management emphasized identifying and correcting departments' utilization of non-permanent employees to fill on-going staffing needs. As a result, departments requested new permanent positions, part- and full-time, to meet ongoing needs presently covered by non-permanent staff and realign currently budgeted monies to cover costs of the request. The attached spreadsheet summarizes the requests submitted by individual departments.