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