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Category 4. New Positions to Improve Service Delivery (Increase in FTE)
<br />May 5, 2008
<br /> Offsetting
<br />
<br />Requesting Department
<br />Position DescnptionlNeed
<br />FTE Change
<br />Salary and
<br />Operating One•Time
<br />Start•Up
<br />Total
<br />Revenues or
<br />Net County Annual Cost
<br />After FY 2008- Position
<br />Requested
<br />Comments
<br /> Benefits Casts Costs Reductions in Cost 09 Previous FY
<br /> Current
<br /> Office Assistant II (Animal Control Dispatcher) -Animal Control dispatch responsibilities during regular Ccunty
<br /> business hours for animal protection and control assistance, in the Towns of Chapel Hill and Hillsborough and the
<br />
<br />Animal Services
<br />unincorporated areas of the County, are currently assigned to two Office Assistants who must divide their time between 4
<br />1.000
<br />$38,048
<br />$500
<br />$4,300
<br />$42,848
<br />$0
<br />$42,848
<br />$38,548
<br />No One-Time Start-Up casts includes a
<br />
<br />care jab functiens. The department requests a position that would be dedicated solely to the dispatch funGion of the cemputer and a hvo way base radio.
<br /> division.
<br /> Office Assistant I -The numberotsuppon staff has not inaeaced with the number of agents in the depanment. Without
<br /> adequate suppon staff, the programs are not being conducted at the quality level they should be. General duties of the One•Time Start-Up costs includes a
<br />Cooperative Extension office have also increased, such as volume of calls, mail, and emails sent and received by the department. Anlicipatioh of 1.000 $36,524 $430 $1,300 $38,254 $0 $38,254 $36,954 Yes
<br /> having a presence in the Seymour Center will require secretarial suppon to serve needs of the program Qhe position would cemputec
<br /> not work out of center but rovide su on for ro rammin done at site .
<br /> Internal Auditor-This position would ensure, through the auditing and reponing process, thalOrange County government
<br /> functions within standards of axeplance related to an etficienl, procedurally appropriate, statutorily compliant, and 1.000 $53,395 $0 $ $53,396 $0 $53,395 $53,395 Yes
<br />County Manager innovative s stem of c erations.
<br /> Public Information Officer •To address an increasing need for eRcient communications regaMing and within
<br /> govemmenlal operetions, The Board of Ccunty Commissioners Strategic Communications Plan addresses this need 1.OD0 $53,395 $0 $ $53,395 $0 $53,395 $53,395 No
<br /> lhreu h a list of ob'ectives to be accom lished b This osilion.
<br /> Telecommunicator- Due to an increase in call volume and service level demands, the depanment is requesting two
<br /> Telecommunicator positions. As more telephone subscribers move tram wired to wireless service, the work of locating 2.OD0 $86,212 $914 $D $87
<br />126 $0 $87
<br />126 $87
<br />126 Yes
<br /> calls and acwretely dispatching response units has become more complex and time consuming. Also, with the moue to a , , ,
<br /> BOD MHz radio system, workload will increase due to additional radio coverage and monitoring additional frequencies.
<br /> Emergency Management CooNinatar-This posilien will provide additional public outreach and educational
<br /> opponunities to citizens related to Emergency Preparedness, update the Orange County Emergency Operations Plan on a 1.DDD $44,968 $1,712 $1,535 $48
<br />215 $0 $48
<br />215 $46
<br />680 No One•Time Stan•Up costs includes a
<br /> Ilmely basis, increase citizen penlclpation In wmmunity-based commlllees, and provide assistance in new technology , , , computer and a telephone.
<br /> ec uisillans.
<br /> Paramedic - Due to increased call volume and lranspons, the depanment is requesting one paramedic position. ES has
<br /> also experienced an increase in the percentage of patients who require advanced life suppon during transport to the 1.0~ $49,117 $20 $0 $49,137 $D $49,137 $49
<br />137 Ne
<br /> hospital. This increase in acuity of patients has led to a signifraN increase in the average call duration for paramedics, ,
<br /> which effec8vel reduces the numberof aramedics available to res and to emer encies.
<br /> Logistics Technician - Wilh the move to the new Meadowlands headquaners, Emergency Services will have
<br />Emergency8ervices responsibililyforlhewareheusefacilityonihepremises. ThisfacililywillserveprimarilyEmergencyServicesandwill
<br /> require a person dedicated to the operation a~ maintenance of the facility and the equipment inside the warehouse. In 1.000 $42,055 $2,862 $3,092 $48
<br />029 $0 $48
<br />029 $44
<br />937 No
<br /> addition, this position will fill the logistics role during disas(er and emergency activations of the Emergency Operations , , ,
<br /> Center, including the operations and management of the cenUal dislribu(ion system for receiving and dislribuling
<br /> emer enc su lies.
<br /> E9.1-0 GIS Mapper II (Emergency Telephone System Fund) - With the move of addressing verification fo Emergency
<br /> Services, the deparlmentwill need a dedicated person fo do all the addressing, maintaining updates, cleaning out old data,
<br /> and assigning new road names as needed to the E9.1.1 database. CunenBy, this position is loceled under the Tax
<br />'
<br />1.000
<br />$64,226
<br />$960
<br />$0
<br />$65,186
<br />$65,186
<br />$0
<br />$D
<br />No This position will be paid with Emergency
<br />Telephone System funds and does not
<br /> Assessor
<br />s Office and is having to split the duties between Land Records and E9-1-1 addressing. Due to the current
<br /> workload, the E9.1-1 addressing isback-logged and not up to date. Moving this position fo Emergency Services will allow require any County General Fund suppon.
<br /> for 1D0% focus on E9.1-1 addressing.
<br /> Assistant Fire Marshal -This position will allow the depanment to meet the minimum requirements of NC fire prevention
<br /> code, a statewide mandate. Two full time positions are needed for this program, and currently only one is funded. Tha
<br />
<br />numberof facilities in the county has increased and new provisions have been added to the hre code that requires an
<br />1.000
<br />$46,974
<br />$7,362
<br />$2,740
<br />$59,076
<br />$D
<br />$59,076
<br />$56,336
<br />Yes One-Time Slan-Up costs includes a
<br />
<br />additional staff person to administer the provisions of the code. Plan reviewfor new commercial censtmclion and major computer and office furnishings.
<br /> rerwvalions of existin commercial buildin s are an of code enforcement rocess.
<br /> Accountant II • For a number of years, the finance and Budget divisiens of the County have maintained current staffing
<br />financial Services levels although County services and workload have wntinued to increase. This position will be responsible far 1.000 $55,778 $0 $0 $55,778 $D $55,778 $55,778 No
<br /> maintaining accurate accounting records for all Ceunry finanaal lrensacfions.
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